Trevor
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This idea came to me in class today and I drew it out:
Image didn't come out great, but you should see the basic theory. Here's a transcript:
I prettymuch know this will work with the right FL lens on the output side, but I have no Arctic to test with. Anyone have an Arctic and a lot of optics?
-Trevor
Image didn't come out great, but you should see the basic theory. Here's a transcript:
Let's look at a cross-section of the Arctic. This is not to scale, or accurate.
[Diagram with regular 1.5mRad beam.]
Cool. Regular laser beam. But... the focusing lens?! Check this out:
[Diagram with defocused collimator feeding into longer FL lens, yielding expanded beam.]
The FL on the standard burning tip likely is not right. But if you get the right lens, you might get a built-in beam expander!
[Awesome smiley firing a laser out of his brain tumor labeled with a laser warning triangle.]
...am I crazy or should this work?
I prettymuch know this will work with the right FL lens on the output side, but I have no Arctic to test with. Anyone have an Arctic and a lot of optics?
-Trevor