Abstract:
Method and device to generate a dot (67) on a medium (23) by depositing a spot (22) on a medium (23) using a VCSEL light source (10), whereby a light beam (11) is generated using a VCSEL light source (10), the energy distribution of the generated light beam (11) is reshaped using a wave front engineering element (20) into a light beam (21) with a reshaped energy distribution to deposit a spot (22) on the medium (23).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for positioning an element (2) with respect to at least two reference points (4a, 4c), in which said device (1) acts upon a working point on the element (2) to be positioned and comprises a positioning arm (5) attached to a fixed hinging point (7) with respect to said reference points (4a, 4c), comprising two mutually hinged parts (6a, 6b) allowing a movement of said element (2) to each reference point (4a, 4c). The invention relates further to a device for positioning at least one offset plate (2) on a positioning table (3) of a pre-press equipment, comprising means (5) to move the offset plate (2) in a plane parallel to the positioning table (3) to at least one reference point (4a) on the positioning table (3), in which said means (5) act upon a working point situated in the supporting plane of the offset plate (2) on the positioning table (3).
Abstract:
A multi-mode microlaser and a method for driving a multi-mode broadarea microlaser such as a multi-mode VCSEL is described such that the multimode microlaser shows an unexpected Gaussian-like far-field intensity distribution. The driving conditions are in general determined such that a strong reduction of the degree of spatial coherence occurs. For square pulsed driving current, these conditions are determined by the pulse duration p d and the pulse height p h . A Gaussian-like far-field intensity distribution is obtained for pulsed multi-mode broad area microlasers. The typical spatial coherence area corresponding with these driving conditions is substantially independent of the Fresnel number of the rnicrolaser. Additionally, this partial spatial coherence can be tuned by changing the driving conditions, such as e.g. the pulse shape and length.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an anamorphic laser scanning device (25) comprising a light source (1) and means for generating a writing beam (2) with a particular on/off frequency, in function of particular data (20) whereby the device comprises: a reference laser source (11) for generating a reference beam (12), provided to follow at least a part of the optical path of the writing beam (2); means (13) for detecting the position and/or speed of the reference beam (12); and means (17, 18, 19) for controlling said frequency in function of the detected position and/or speed of the reference beam (12).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device and a method for exposing photosensitive plates (33) for printing presses, comprising controlled laser exposure apparatus and a conveyor system for moving forward the photosensitive plates. The problem with the plate exposers at present is that they are not sufficiently accurate. A device is therefore provided whereby the controlled laser exposure apparatus (63) comprises means (1, 20) for measuring and compensating the variances in the laser beam orientation. The controlled laser exposure apparatus (63) comprises a software control (21). Another problem is that one laser source cannot bridge the scanning of photosensitive plates (200) with great width. Two laser sources (2) synchronised with each other are therefore provided. The invention further relates to a housing for a device such as specified above.