发明名称 |
Optical soft aperture and use thereof |
摘要 |
A soft aperture allows gradual attenuation of a light beam dependent upon its location away from the center of a diffractive optical element. Such an optical element may be provided by decreasing a number of phase levels, increasing a number of phase levels, increasing a density of metal patches or diffractive gratings, or decreasing a blaze height and/or duty cycle, all radially from the center. Alternatively, the soft aperture may be defined by a photolithographic process. Such a soft aperture is particularly useful in aiding circularizing of an elliptical light beam. The soft aperture may be used alone or integrated with other optical elements.
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申请公布号 |
US6008941(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.12.28 |
申请号 |
US19970833220 |
申请日期 |
1997.04.14 |
申请人 |
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION |
发明人 |
FELDMAN, MICHAEL;KATHMAN, ALAN D.;WELCH, W. HUDSON;TE KOLSTE, ROBERT |
分类号 |
G02B5/18;G02B5/32;G02B27/20;G02B27/58;(IPC1-7):G02B5/30 |
主分类号 |
G02B5/18 |
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