FOCAL REGION OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL SCANNERS

    公开(公告)号:WO2019067057A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:PCT/US2018/041179

    申请日:2018-07-09

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An optical device (20) includes a light source (22), which is configured to emit a beam of light at a given wavelength, and at least one scanning mirror (26) configured to scan the beam across a target scene (24). Light collection optics include a collection optic (32) positioned to receive the light from the scene that is reflected from the at least one scanning mirror and to focus the collected light onto a focal plane (34), and a non-imaging optical element (21, 60) including a solid piece of a material that is transparent at the given wavelength, having a front surface (37, 62) positioned at the focal plane of the collection lens and a rear surface through which the guided light is emitted from the material in proximity to a sensor (38), so that the collected light is guided through the material and spread over the detection area of the sensor.

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