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US 12,253,685 · App. 17/022,767 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Asymmetric input intensity hexagonal homogenizer

Inventor: Connor L. Magness (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee: LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,253,685
App. No.
17/022,767
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical beam homogenizer includes a first hexagonal microlens array having a plurality of hexagonal lenslets. Each lenslet has a hexagonal clear aperture. A second hexagonal microlens array is spaced away from the first hexagonal microlens array at a focal length of the first hexagonal microlens array and has a plurality of hexagonal lenslets. Each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has a non-hexagonal clear aperture.

Claims (23)

1. An optical beam homogenizer, comprising:

a first hexagonal microlens array having a plurality of hexagonal lenslets, wherein each lenslet has a hexagonal clear aperture; and

a second hexagonal microlens array spaced away from the first hexagonal microlens array at a focal length of the first hexagonal microlens array and having a plurality of hexagonal lenslets, wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has a non-hexagonal clear aperture of a different shape than the first hexagonal clear aperture,

wherein the hexagonal lenslets of the first hexagonal microlens array are rotatable relative to the hexagonal lenslets in the second hexagonal microlens array to adjust a ratio of an output width to an output height of a clear aperture of the lenslets of the second hexagonal microlens array, wherein an angle between the first hexagonal microlens array and the second hexagonal microlens array defines the output width and the output height of the clear apertures, and wherein the angle between the first hexagonal microlens array and the second hexagonal microlens array corresponds to an asymmetry of an input beam.

2. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has a rectangular clear aperture.

3. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has an elliptical clear aperture.

4. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the ratio has a value selected from the group consisting of 3.464 to 1, 8.083 to 1, and 15.011 to 1.

5. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the lenslets in the first hexagonal microlens array are nonconcentric with the lenslets in the second hexagonal microlens array.

6. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the lenslets in the first array and/or in the second array have a pitch of between 0.3 mm and 2 mm.

7. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the lenslets in the first array and/or in the second array have a focal length of between 1 mm and 50 mm.

8. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the first hexagonal microlens array is rotatable between a range of 0° and 34.9°.

9. The optical beam homogenizer of claim 1 , wherein the angle of the first hexagonal microlens array is selected from the group consisting of 0°, 22.91°, and 34.9°.

10. A method of homogenizing an intensity distribution of an optical beam, comprising the following steps:

providing a first hexagonal microlens array having a plurality of hexagonal lenslets, wherein each lenslet has a hexagonal clear aperture;

providing a second hexagonal microlens array spaced away from the first hexagonal microlens array at a focal length of the first hexagonal microlens array and having a plurality of hexagonal lenslets, wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has a non-hexagonal clear aperture of a different shape than the first hexagonal clear aperture;

rotating the hexagonal lenslets of the first hexagonal microlens array relative to the second hexagonal microlens array to adjust a ratio of an output width to an output height of the clear aperture of the lenslets of the second hexagonal microlens array, whereby an angle between the first hexagonal microlens array and the second hexagonal microlens array defines the output width and the output height of the clear apertures, and wherein the angle between the first hexagonal microlens array and the second hexagonal microlens array corresponds to an asymmetry of an input beam; and

directing the optical beam into the first hexagonal microlens array from within an acceptance angle and through the second hexagonal microlens array to form a hexagonal output distribution of the optical beam, whereby the intensity distribution of the beam is homogenized.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has a rectangular clear aperture.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein each lenslet in the second hexagonal microlens array has an elliptical clear aperture.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the ratio has a value selected from the group consisting of 3.464 to 1, 8.083 to 1, and 15.011 to 1.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the lenslets in the first hexagonal microlens array are nonconcentric with the lenslets in the second hexagonal microlens array.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the lenslets in the first array and/or in the second array have a pitch of between 0.3 mm and 2 mm.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the lenslets in the first array and/or in the second array have a focal length of between 1 mm and 50 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: MAGNESS, CONNOR L.
To: LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62901078 · Sep 16, 2019
Related Publication 20210080736A1 · Mar 18, 2021
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