A colour corrected laser Illumination system for night vision applications

摘要

A lighting system for night vision applications including a near infrared light source 20, a visible light source 22, a beamsplitter 24 and an optical element 104 is disclosed. The beamsplitter 24 is arranged to reflect light emitting from either the near infrared light source 20 or the visible light source 24 and transmit light emitting from the other of the near infrared light source 20 or visible light source 22 so as to produce a colour-corrected light source.