公开(公告)号：US20180274976A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15762429

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Inventor： Silas Leavesley ,  Thomas Rich

IPC: G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/10 ,  G01J3/28

Abstract: An illumination system incorporating a multi-faceted mirror in operative communication with an array of discrete illumination sources. The multi-faceted mirror may accept incident light beams from discrete illumination sources located at different positions and then deliver a reflected output to a common location for direct acceptance by an optical/imaging device or by a light guide transmission device operatively connected to a downstream optical/imaging device. Individual light sources may be selected and/or combined in a defined sequence by selectively activating and deactivating such light sources electronically with no need for moving parts. By pulsing different illumination sources, the optical/imaging system may be provided with a feed of narrow-band illumination for use in imaging. Outputs from several illumination sources can also be combined if desired to produce a custom-tuned illumination spectrum for a particular application.