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MULTI-BEAM SCANNER INCLUDING A DOVE PRISM ARRAY
MULTI-BEAM SCANNER INCLUDING A DOVE PRISM ARRAY
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机译：多光束扫描仪，包括鸽子棱镜阵列
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A precision printing system uses multiple scan beams that an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) separately modulates. An array of optical elements such as dove prisms separately rotates each of the beams about a central ray of the beam to eliminate blurred edges, skew, and variations in line thickness caused by the direction of propagation of acoustic waves in the AOM being at an angle to a scan direction. In particular, the amount of rotation is selected so that in the final image the direction in which illumination progresses across a cross-section of a beam is in a direction opposite the scan direction. A method of making the array includes attaching rods to a flat, grinding or polishing the combination of the rods and flat to form three planar regions that correspond to facets on prisms. Removing the rods/prisms from the flat. Using photolithography and etching to form grooves in a substrate, and a mounting the rods/prisms in the grooves on the substrate. Integrated circuit processing techniques that control the spacing, widths, and depths of the grooves provide precise control of critical alignment of the prisms.
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