Multi-wavelength laser beam pattern generator with automated beam alignment

Abstract

Example embodiments provide a biomedical illumination device enabling multiwavelength laser line generation with automated beam alignment. The biomedical illumination device may include a plurality of laser light sources configured to provide beams of one or more wavelengths, wherein one or more of the beams are directed towards one or more actuator-controlled mirrors; the one or more actuator-controlled mirrors configured to steer the one or more beams for passing through a beam shaping element, wherein for each of the one or more beams at least one actuator-controlled mirror is configured for steering the respective beam automatically according to instructions received from a control device; the beam shaping element configured to output a beam pattern having a certain geometry for illumination of a microscopic sample based on the steered beams; and the control device configured to monitor the beams output from the beam shaping element to determine a position of the output beam pattern in relation to a target beam pattern position at the sample; determine instructions for one or more of the actuator-controlled mirrors to tilt in at least one axis based on a difference between the monitored position of the output beam pattern and the target beam pattern position at the microscopic sample; and transmit the instructions to the one or more actuator-controlled mirrors.

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