Open AccessLaser Beam Steering not only in Ophthalmology
Author(s) -
Arnold Steffen,
Reiff EllenChristine
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201290065
Subject(s) - beam steering , laser , laser beams , beam (structure) , computer science , optics , high resolution , materials science , physics , geology , remote sensing
Lasers are versatile tools. Nowadays, they are just as indispensable in materials processing as in eye surgery or super high resolution microscopy. The different areas of application have similarities, however, since a precise positioning of the laser beam is always crucial. At the same time, this laser beam steering and focusing also requires the drive systems used to be dynamic, reliable and compactly dimensioned, in order to allow simple integration in applications. It is therefore hardly surprising that piezoelectric drive components often have no serious alternative for laser beam steering.