Abstract:
A light-emitting device, comprising at least a first light source (101) and a second light source (102) is provided. The light source further comprises a first collimating means (111) for collimating light from the first light-source and a second collimating means (112) for collimating light from said second light source wherein the output areas of the collimating means at least partly overlaps. A light guiding means (107) is arranged between said light sources and said collimating means for guiding light from the first light source to the first light collimating means, and from the second light source to the second collimating means. A light-emitting device of the present invention can provide well mixed and collimated light even though there is a distance between the light sources and the collimating means.
Abstract:
A condensing and collecting optical system includes a first (20) and second reflector (30). The first and second reflector include a portion of an ellipsoid of revolution having two foci and a symmetry axis. A source (10) of light is located in one of the focal points, two focal points of the reflectors overlap, and a target (50) is located in another focal point of the other reflector.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an imaging system in which a diffractive optical element is used by both the illumination beam path and the imaging beam path. Said diffractive element operates in the reflection mode or transmission mode according to the specifications of the system design. At least one of the imaging optical elements provided in the beam path of the inventive diffractive beam splitter for imaging systems is used for both the illumination beam path and the imaging beam path. Said element represents a diffractive optical element (DOE) and requires no spatial separation between the imaging beam path and the illumination beam path in the object space by using different diffraction arrays. The number of reflective optical elements can be decreased by using diffractive optical elements, resulting in the cost of the system being reduced and the service life of the optical components being increased by using a low-power EUV source.
Abstract:
An apparatus is disclosed for uniformly illuminating a light valve. The apparatus includes a light source (4) having an angular aperture u, and a light transmitting tunnel (2). The tunnel (2) has a rectangular cross section of smaller inside dimensions, N, a length L, an entrance end and an exit end, wherein L = kN/tan(u), k being a constant in the range of 1.5 to 3. The light valve is disposed at the exit end of said light tunnel (2) to receive light transmitted by said light tunnel (2). The apparatus includes, between the light source (4) and the entrance end of the light tunnel (2) or between the exit end of the tunnel (2) and the light valve, means for filtering (101) and directing light from the source (4) or from the exit end of the tunnel (2).
Abstract:
An optical system for illuminating and viewing a target (15) in which an illumination element (16) and a receiving element (13) are disposed behind a single optical window (14), and which obtains data essentially free of backscatter and stray light. The optical window (14) is configured such that is defines a shape having at least one focal curve, i.e., an ellipsoid shaped dome. The illumination element (16) and the receiving element (13) are geometrically positioned on the focal curve plane or in proximity of the focal curve plane, such that, when iluminating, rays from the illumination element internally reflected from the optical window (14) will not incident on the receiving element (13).
Abstract:
An image mover having a reduced sizing for the steering mirror and rotator assembly and associated components and motors is disclosed. The image mover (10) comprises a relay lens (18) to collimate and relay angular information of the light image from the projector scanning mirror (16). Rotators, such as K-mirror, pechan prism, or dove prism, rotate the collimated image responsive to horizontal movement of the image. A restoring lens (22), which can either be a fixed focal length or a zoom lens, restores the collimated light image proportional to the angular information of the image produced by the projector. The restored diverging image is projected to a steering mirror (24) and steered onto a viewing surface (26) in real time.
Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for magnifying the image of distant objects which has the unique feature that objects to be viewed can be at any arbitrarily large distance from the apparatus. In addition, the apparatus does not require positioning of the eye at the exit pupil of the instrument; it does not require centering of the eye on the optic axis of the instrument; and it does not require refocusing for different object distances. Still, it provides erect, non-inverted images to the viewer. The invention includes a positive optical element (53) defining an optic axis for the apparatus and having a positive focal length for converging an incoming bundle of rays of electromagnetic radiation. Also included is a negative optical element (51) aligned with the optic axis and separated from said positive optical element by a distance d1, with the negative optical means having a negative focal length that is substantially equal in magnitude to the focal length of the positive optical means and having a focal point on the optic axis.
Abstract:
A multipass cell (100), comprising a body (10); a cavity (20) formed within the body (10); a first spherical, toroidal or cylindrical mirror (30a) at a first end of the cavity (20); and a second spherical, toroidal or cylindrical mirror (30b) at the opposite end of the cavity. The first mirror (30a) and the second mirror (30b) are configured to reflect a beam entering the cavity next to an outer edge of the first (30a) or the second (30b) mirror a predetermined number of times so that the beam propagates substantially in a single plane between the first (30a) and the second (30b) mirror. Also an optical detection system comprising the multipass cell; an optical source (110) configured to direct a beam into the cavity (20); and a detector element (120) configured to receive the beam exiting the cavity (20) or configured to receive the acoustic signal generated by light absorption in the cavity (20).
Abstract:
A light emission structure (1) includes a light guiding space defining portion (10) configured to define a light guiding space having a light reception opening and a light emission opening, the light guiding space being configured to receive light emitted by a light source (110) provided on a circuit substrate (100) through the reception opening and guide the introduced light to radiate through the emission opening; and a holding portion (20) configured to have holding arms (22) for holding the circuit substrate (100). At least a part of the light guiding space defining portion (10) abutting the circuit substrate (100) and a part of the holding portion (20) abutting the circuit substrate (100) are made of a soft material.