Laser imaging system with variable energy flux densities

摘要

A variable filter arrangement is interposed within the optical path of an apparatus containing a source of imaging radiation directed along an optical path for imaging a recording construction. The variable filter arrangement facilitates selectable reduction in the output energy density of the radiation source without substantially altering the focal length of the optical path. The variable filter arrangement may utilize multiple independent lenses of varying energy density reduction levels or a filter of unitary construction with progressive densities so as to provide a selectable continuum for reduction in the output energy density of the imaging radiation.