A DOE homogenizer including a plurality of parallel lasers emitting Gaussian
beams
of a diameter d along beam lines extending in a z-direction and aligning at a pitch
p in an x-direction, and off-axis DOEs diffracting the Gaussian laser beams at
inclining diffraction angles, making quasi-uniform density qw (qw)
stripe-sectioned beams on an image plane I (xy-plane) which is distanced by a focal
length f from the DOEs and aligning at the pitch p on an x-direction extending
base line K vertical to the beam lines in an order of larger inclining diffraction
angles outward and smaller inclining diffraction angles inward on extensions of
the beam lines of the lasers, the DOEs diffracting the laser Gaussian beams into
the quasi-uniform density stripe-sectioned beams, superposing the diffracted beams
partially at edges and making a unified x-direction extending quasi-uniform beam
on the image plane I.