摘要 |
<p>An optical scanning system including a spinner containing at least one plane linear diffraction grating. As the spinner is rotated, a plane reconstruction wave of wavelength ? is directed onto the grating creating a diffracted wavefront which can be focused onto an image plane. The grating is constructed so that the ratio of the reconstruction wavelength ? to the grating period d is a value lying between the range of 1 and 1.618. The angles of incidence and diffraction of the reconstruction wavefront in a preferred embodiment, approximates 45.degree..</p> |