Process wherein several radiation sources, arranged in one row or several rows, are imaged, and apparatus for this purpose
First Claim
1. A method for imaging several radiation-sources (1) into a spatial-zone (3) comprising,arranging said radiation-sources in one or several rows,emitting a beam (9) of radiation from each radiation-source,each beam (9) having a spatial intensity distribution that is not rotationally symmetrical in a plane (IVa--IVa, IVb--IVb) perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam (9),spatially rotating said beam (9) by a rotation-angle about their direction of propagation by first optical means (7), and imaging said beam into said spatial-zone (3) by second optical means (5, 11, 15).
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Abstract
In the process and by means of the apparatus, several radiation sources (1) arranged in a row, whose emitted radiation intensity distribution is not rotationally symmetrical, are imaged by means of a first, noncentrically imaging functional element (5), then each beam bundle (9) is rotated by means of a beam-rotating element (7), and the beam components of the rotated beam bundles (9) not imaged by the first functional element (5) are imaged by means of a second, noncentrically imaging functional element (11). The functional elements (5, 11) and their locations are chosen so that parallel beam bundles (9) are produced which are focused with a spherical lens (15) into a spatial zone (3). The apparatus according to this invention provides in a simple way a good focusing ability for several individual beams.
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1. A method for imaging several radiation-sources (1) into a spatial-zone (3) comprising,
arranging said radiation-sources in one or several rows, emitting a beam (9) of radiation from each radiation-source, each beam (9) having a spatial intensity distribution that is not rotationally symmetrical in a plane (IVa--IVa, IVb--IVb) perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam (9), spatially rotating said beam (9) by a rotation-angle about their direction of propagation by first optical means (7), and imaging said beam into said spatial-zone (3) by second optical means (5, 11, 15).
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5. Apparatus for imaging several radiation-sources (1) into a spatial-zone (3), comprising
said sources (1) being arranged in one or several rows, each said source (1) emitting a beam (9) with a radiation intensity having a spatial-intensity-distribution not rotationally symmetrical, said apparatus having two imaging-function-elements (5, 11, 15) and one beam-rotating-element (7) for rotating said spatial-intensity-distribution by a rotation-angle in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction of said beam (9), said beam-rotating-element (7) being arranged between said sources (1) and said spatial-zone (3).
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13. Apparatus for imaging several radiation-sources (1) into a spatial-zone (3), comprising
said sources (1) being arranged in at least two rows, each said source (1) emitting a beam (9) with a radiation intensity having a spatial-intensity-distribution not rotationally symmetrical, said apparatus having two noncentrical imaging-function-elements (5, 11, 15) and one beam-rotating-element (7) for rotating said spatial-intensity-distribution by a rotation-angle in a plane perpendicular to the propagation path of said beam (9), said beam-rotating-element (7) being arranged between said sources (1) and said spatial-zone (3), and at least one reflecting comb positioned after said beam-rotating-element and said imaging-function-elements in the propagation path of said beams and before said spatial-zone to combine the beams from said at least two rows of radiation sources.
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