LIGHT HOMOGENIZING ELEMENTS WITH CORRECTIVE FEATURES

    公开(公告)号:US20200004013A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16433285

    申请日:2019-06-06

    Abstract: Light homogenizing elements are described. The light homogenizing elements include lens arrays with corrective features designed to improve the uniformity of light fields produced by optical sources. The corrective features include masks placed at selected positions of selected lenslets in a lens array. The corrective features block or reduce the transmission of light through the lens array at the selected position to correct for spatial or angular non-uniformities in a light field produced by an optical source. Illumination systems that include a corrected lens array coupled to a light source produce highly uniform light fields. Applications include microlithography.

    Monolithic beam-shaping optical systems and methods for an OCT probe

    公开(公告)号:US09638862B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-02

    申请号:US14688112

    申请日:2015-04-16

    Abstract: Monolithic beam-shaping optical systems and methods are disclosed for an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe that includes a transparent cylindrical housing having asymmetric optical power. The system includes a transparent monolithic body having a folded optical axis and at least one alignment feature that supports the end of an optical fiber adjacent an angled planar end wall. The monolithic body also includes a total-internal reflection surface and a lens surface that define object and image planes. Light from the optical fiber end traverses the optical path, which includes the cylindrical housing residing between the lens surface and the image plane. Either the lens surface by itself or the lens surface and the reflective (eg, TIR) surface in combination are configured to substantially correct for the asymmetric optical power of the cylindrical housing, thereby forming a substantially rotationally symmetric image spot at the image plane.

    OCT PROBES AND OCT OPTICAL PROBE COMPONENT FOR USE THEREIN
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    OCT PROBES AND OCT OPTICAL PROBE COMPONENT FOR USE THEREIN 有权
    OCT探针和OCT光学探头组件

    公开(公告)号:US20150036146A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-05

    申请号:US14297798

    申请日:2014-06-06

    Abstract: An OCT optical probe component comprising: A rod having a first end and a second end, a lens situated proximate to the second end of the rod, the lens having a surface with an inner zone a, and an outer zone b, wherein the inner zone a is associated with the focal length fla, and said outer zone b is associated with the focal length flb, such that optical probe component is multi-focal, the optical probe capable of imaging at multiple image planes, via the lens of an object adjacent to the first end of the rod, wherein the at least two images are separated by a distance d, wherein d>1 mm.

    Abstract translation: 一种OCT光学探针部件,包括:具有第一端和第二端的杆,位于杆的第二端附近的透镜,透镜具有带有内部区域a的表面和外部区域b,其中内部 区域a与焦距fla相关联,并且所述外部区域b与焦距flb相关联,使得光学探测器部件是多焦点的,光学探针能够经由物体的透镜在多个图像平面成像 邻近所述杆的第一端,其中所述至少两个图像被分开距离d,其中d> 1mm。

    MONOLITHIC BEAM-SHAPING OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN OCT PROBE

    公开(公告)号:US20130266259A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-10

    申请号:US13827234

    申请日:2013-03-14

    Abstract: Monolithic beam-shaping optical systems and methods are disclosed for an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe that includes a transparent cylindrical housing having asymmetric optical power. The system includes a transparent monolithic body having a folded optical axis and at least one alignment feature that supports the end of an optical fiber adjacent an angled planar end wall. The monolithic body also includes a total-internal reflection surface and a lens surface that define object and image planes. Light from the optical fiber end traverses the optical path, which includes the cylindrical housing residing between the lens surface and the image plane. Either the lens surface by itself or the lens surface and the reflective (eg, TIR) surface in combination are configured to substantially correct for the asymmetric optical power of the cylindrical housing, thereby forming a substantially rotationally symmetric image spot at the image plane.

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