Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical system that selectively provides either of a collimated light beam or a convergent light beam
- Patent Title (中): 选择性地提供准直光束或会聚光束的光学系统
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Application No.: US12866314Application Date: 2009-03-25
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Publication No.: US08456725B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Derek Kalev Toomre , Vladimir Ivanovich Polejaev , Robert Dixon Roorda
- Applicant: Derek Kalev Toomre , Vladimir Ivanovich Polejaev , Robert Dixon Roorda
- Applicant Address: US CT New Haven
- Assignee: Yale University
- Current Assignee: Yale University
- Current Assignee Address: US CT New Haven
- Agency: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2009/001868 WO 20090325
- International Announcement: WO2009/120336 WO 20091001
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08

Abstract:
There is provided a method that includes projecting a collimated light beam from an optical system to a plane during a first mode of operation of the optical system, and projecting a convergent light beam from the optical system to the plane during a second mode of operation of the optical system. The method further includes, (a) during the first mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a first light bundle in a first light path in the optical system, to steer the collimated light beam through the plane at a designated incidence angle, and (b) during the second mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a second light bundle in a second light path of the optical system, to steer the convergent light beam to a target position in the plane. There is also provided an apparatus and a system that employs the method.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110069382A1 OPTICAL SYSTEM THAT SELECTIVELY PROVIDES EITHER OF A COLLIMATED LIGHT BEAM OR A CONVERGENT LIGHT BEAM Public/Granted day:2011-03-24
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