Technical annotations F-Theta-Ronar

 

Characteristics of F-Theta lenses

F-Theta lenses have two main characteristics. When a beam is deflected by a scanning mirror in front of a lens, then the scanned distance is proportional to the scanning angle. Secondly the focus position over the entire scan field is always in the same plane.

Basic calculations of F-Theta-Ronar lenses

All LINOS F-Theta-Ronar lenses achieve diffraction limited performance. The truncated entrance-beam diameter and the image spot diameter refer to the intensity 1/e² at Gaussian illumination and for ideal M²=1. The spot size of LINOS F-Theta-Ronar lenses can be calculated with the following formula:

Spot-Ø = 1.83 * λ * FL / beam-Ø

Spot-Ø: image spot diameter [µm]
1.83: factor of apodisation
λ: wavelength [nm]
FL: focal length [mm]
Beam-Ø: entrance-beam diameter [mm]

The scan length in each direction x or y can be calculated by the formula:

2y= FL * 2Ө_y * π/180 and 2x= FL * 2Ө_x * π/180

2x, 2y: scan length in direction x,y [mm]
FL: focal length [mm]
2Ө_x,y: max. scan angle Theta for each mirror [°]
π/180: conversion factor (into radian)

The mirror distances m1 and m2 are recommended values and may vary. A smaller entrance-beam diameter allows larger scan angles and therefore larger scan fields are achievable.