unless you use one prism pair per diode and do the beam combining after the prisms...
you'll throw more power away due to clipping, but you'll get reduced divergence.
Originally Posted by
edison
when using a prism pair you will end up with a beam that is like this after the prism pair:
l l l l Instead of llll
suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.