Structured Laser Beam
The Structured Laser Beam is a low-cost laser that produces a non-diffractive beam (NDB). The beam profile remains unchanged even if it propagates over a long distance.
The Structured Laser Beam has further potential applications in metrology, interferometry, communication, for optical tweezers and in marking of packaging.
Originally used at CERN for ultra-precision alignment, it has further potential applications in metrology, interferometry, communication, for optical tweezers and in marking of packaging.
There are several benefits in using this technology, namely the following:
- Low-cost
- Extremely compact spot size and very low divergence
- Non-diffractive over long distances
- Self-constructive after obstacles
- Robust to jitter, vibrations, and variations on the angle of the input beam