Patent ID: 8345724

Claim:
A laser system comprising: a first source and a second source for generating, along a first direction, a first laser beam and a second laser beam, respectively, wherein the first source and second source are offset from one another in the first direction; and a mirror arrangement including a first interleaving laser mirror with a high reflecting area configured to reflect the first laser beam and a first high transmitting area configured to transmit the second laser beam; and a mount, wherein the first and second source are mounted to the mount with a second offset in an interleaving direction orthogonal to the first direction and a third offset from one another in a lateral direction that is orthogonal to both the first direction and the interleaving direction, such that the first source and second source are positioned to emit the first laser beam and the second laser beam at different positions along the interleaving direction, and wherein the first and a second sources each include several laser diodes, which are displaced from one another along the interleaving direction, the laser diodes of the first source being arranged on a first heat sink, and the laser diodes of the second source being arranged on a second different heat sink.