SINGLE PIVOT POINT SCANNER
Novel design of a single pivot-point scan head
Problems in classic design
- Conventional XY scanning devices with high numerical aperture focusing optics have limited spot performance and working field size due to the different optical path length of separated X and Y mirror pivot points.
- XY scanning devices with separated pivot-points create a cushion-barrel image distortion and there is no point symmetry to the processing field center. The numerical correction of this distortion is more complicated.
- F-Theta lenses for conventional XY scanning devices have restricted numerical apertures in order to image 2 different pivot points at big distances.
- Classic adjustments of the focal Z position on the workpiece are performed either by moving the heavy focusing lens or the workpiece. Both methods have limited speed capabilities.
- Standard industrial scanner mirrors with flatness of ?/4 at 633 nm are a bottle neck for high performance, highly corrected focusing optics, especially in UV applications.
Novel design features in a nutshell
- Monolithic, stable scan block design
- Clear aperture for collimated full beam: 9.5 mm or 15 mm
- Maximum optical deflection angle from single pivot point: ± 28.5°
- Outstanding dynamic matching due to identical inertia of 3 mirrors
- Coatings for various laser wavelengths: 1020 – 1080 nm, 532 nm, 355 nm
- Auxiliary coating for pilot laser: 620 – 650 nm
- Optional coatings for diagnostic wavelengths: e. g. 850 nm
- Optional fast dynamic focus translator
- mounted directly into the scan block without further adjustment
- clear aperture 10.0 mm, lens travel 10.2 mm
- Optional attenuator module for power control without affecting the beam quality
- Straightforward beam delivery, only displacement in one axis
- Perfect optical alignment with a minimum of wavefront distortion
Typical applications
Advanced industrial micro machining
Medical applications in opthtalmology