title: Throughput comparison of microscope objectives and custom lenses for laser diode output beam collimation.
abstract: The efficiency with which various microscope objectives and custom lenses collimate laser diode emission has been measured. Throughput efficiencies for diode operation above and below threshold are presented.
authors.affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fuhr