Laser beam cutting/shaping a glass substrate

A system comprising:

• a laser source;
• and
• an optical multiplexer box that receives a laser beam from the laser source and wherein the optical multiplexer box is further configured to:
• manipulate the received laser beam to form a first laser beam bent in a first direction and a second laser beam bent in a second opposite direction;
• and
• direct the bent first laser beam and the bent second laser beam onto an optical glass substrate to expose a new surface and to simultaneously shape the newly-exposed surface of the optical glass, the bent first laser beam generating a convex profile in each of two opposing edge regions of the newly-exposed surface and the bent second laser beam generating a concave profile in a center region between the opposing edge regions.

A method comprising:

• positioning a beam splitter to receive a laser beam from a source and split the received laser beam into at least a first split laser beam and a second split laser beam;
• and
• positioning a spatial diffractive optics array to:
• receive the first split laser beam and the second beam from the beam splitter;
• bend the first split laser beam in a first direction;
• and
• bend the second split laser beam in a second different direction;
• and
• direct the bent first laser beam and the bent second laser beam onto a glass substrate to expose a new surface and to shape the newly-exposed surface of the glass substrate, the bent first laser beam generating a convex profile in each of two opposing edge regions of the newly-exposed surface and the second bent laser beam generating a concave profile in a center region between the opposing edge regions.