公开(公告)号：US10054286B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US14792184

申请日：2015-07-06

Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Christopher M. Brown ,  John T. Melcher ,  Stephan J. Stranick

IPC: G02B6/32 ,  F21V5/00 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B26/10

CPC classification number: F21V5/008 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B6/0005 ,  G02B6/0008 ,  G02B26/101 ,  G02B26/103 ,  G02B26/105 ,  Y10T29/49828

Abstract: An optical transformer includes: an optomechanical member configured: to receive incident light; and to produce primary light from the incident light including an initial propagation that includes a nonlinear scan; and a lens configured: to receive the primary light from the optomechanical member; to linearize the nonlinear scan; and to produce secondary light including a final propagation that comprises a linear scan, such that the optical transformer is configured to transform the nonlinear scan of the primary light to the linear scan of the secondary light. A process for optically transforming a nonlinear scan includes receiving an incident light by an optical transformer that includes an optomechanical member and a lens; producing a primary light from the incident light that includes an initial propagation having a nonlinear scan; communicating the primary light from to the lens; and producing a secondary light to optically transform the nonlinear scan, the secondary light including a final propagation that comprises a linear scan, based on optically linearizing the initial propagation.