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Laser beam shaping never was so easy!

With this unique tools it is possible to convert a Gaussian laser beam into a collimated flattop (or top-hat) beam with nearly 100% efficiency.

No more losing of energy!

piShaper produces a collimated flat-top beam over a large working distance, see the Operational Principle. This enables the beam to be easily manipulated and re-sized with conventional imaging optics.

Almost the same effective sizes of input and output beams make it easy to integrate piShaper to your application.

Being originally designed as achromatic for two laser wavelength piShaper could be easily tuned to work at other laser wavelengths within wider range.

Why piShaper saves laser energy ? ::more details ...

Overview

Model
Type
Input Gaussian
beam, 1/e2 level
Output Flattop beam
Wavelength
Range*, nm
Application based on
piShaper 6_6_Series

piShaper 6 6 1064

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
1020-1100
Nd:YAG, Fiber and
other near IR lasers

piShaper 6 6 VIS

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
420-680
He-Ne, He-Cd and other
lasers of visual range

piShaper 6 6 TiS

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
660-1040
Ti:Sapphire laser and
other near IR lasers

piShaper 6 6  532/1064

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
520-550
1020-1100
1st (1064) and 2nd (532)
Harmonics of Nd:YAG laser

piShaper 6 6  410/820

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
400-420
800-840
1st (820) and 2nd (410)
Harmonics of Ti:Sapphire

piShaper 6 6  1550

Telescope
6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
1500-1600
  near IR Laser Diode sources
piShaper_5.6_6_1064_HP
Telescope
5.6 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
1020-1100
High Power Fiber, Nd:YAG
and other near IR lasers
piShaper_ 4.5_4.5_Series

piShaper 4.5  4.5  1064

Telescope
4.5 mm
collimated
4.5 mm
collimated
1020-1100
Nd:YAG, Fiber and
other near IR lasers

piShaper 4.5  4.5  1064C

Collimator
180 mrad
divergent
4.5 mm
collimated
1020-1100
Nd:YAG, Fiber and
other near IR lasers
piShaper 5_6_Series

piShaper 5_6_262

Telescope
5.6 mm
collimated
5.8 mm
collimated
250-270
UV lasers

piShaper 5_6_VIS

Telescope
5.8 mm
collimated
6 mm
collimated
340-560
2nd, 3rd Harmonics Nd:YAG lasers,
Lasers of visual range
piShaper_ 12_12_Series

piShaper 12 12  355

Telescope
12.2 mm
collimated
12 mm
collimated
330-380
3rd (355 nm) Harmonic of
Nd:YAG and similar lasers

piShaper 12 12  355C

Collimator
60.5 mrad
divergent
12 mm
collimated
330-380
3rd (355 nm) Harmonic of
Nd:YAG and similar lasers

piShaper 12 12  266

Telescope
12.2 mm
collimated
12 mm
collimated
250-270
4th (266 nm) Harmonic of
Nd:YAG and similar lasers

piShaper 12 12  266C

Collimator
60.5 mrad
divergent
12 mm
collimated
250-270
4th (266 nm) Harmonic of
Nd:YAG and similar lasers
CO2  piShaper Series
piShaper 7 7 10.6
Telescope
7 mm
collimated
7 mm
collimated
9400-11000
CO2 lasers
piShaper 12 12 10.6
Telescope
12 mm
collimated
12 mm
collimated
9400-11000
CO2 lasers
Accessories

zBeam 6

Zoom Beam-Expander
< 6 mm
collimated
Magnification
0.75 - 1.33
400-1200

Nd:YAG and near IR lasers
Correction of beam size

piShaper Mount

5-axis Adjustment
       
 *   - according to coatings applied


Basic principles of piShaper operation:

  • piShaper's are telescopic or collimator optical systems that transform Gaussian intensity distribution of source laser beam to a flattop one;
  • the development technology lets it possible to realize other output intensity profiles, systems with optical power, i.e. of objective or collimator type;
  • This transformation is provided for a certain wavelength range, thus piShaper is achromatic system;
  • Galilean design, thus there are no intermediate focusing of a beam;
  • With changing the size of input beam the output beam profile changes as well, see an example here;
  • When changing the shape of input beam it is possible to adapt the piShaper to provide flattop output profile, this adaptation is realized through changing the diameter of source beam; an example of this adaptation is presented here.

Ideal solution for applications in:

  • Holography
  • Information processing
  • Printing
  • Marking and Engraving
  • Scribing
  • Illumination
  • Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Particle Size Analyzing
  • Geochronolgy
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Material micromachining
  • Mass-Spectrometry
  • Laser ablation
  • Laser annealing
  • Welding of metals and plastics
  • Soldering
  • Laser Cleaning

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