简介:Aneffectivedesignmethodoffreeformmicrolensarrayispresentedforshapingvariedlaserbeamsintoprescribedrectangularillumination.Thevariableseparationmappingisappliedtodesignconcavefreeformsurfacesforconstructingafreeformlensarray.Severaldedicatedexamplesshowthatthedesignedfreeformopticallensarraycanachieveaprescribedrectangularilluminationpattern,especiallywithoutconsideringtheinitialstatesofincidentlaserbeams.Bothhighcollectionefficiencyandgoodspatialuniformitycanbeavailablesimultaneously.Toleranceanalysisisalsoperformedtodemonstratethatthisopticaldevicecanwellavoidfabricatingdifficultyinactualapplications.