摘要:
An infrared detector including a sensor which provides an output signal responsive to infrared radiation incident on a face thereof, and a diffractive optical element which directs a substantial portion of incident visible radiation away from the sensor and which has substantially no diffractive effect on incident infrared radiation.
摘要:
A tri-focal diffractive lens defining three foci, for viewing a band of light having a representative wavelength of .lambda., including a diffractive surface having a number of optical heights, h.sub.o, wherein the difference between the highest and the lowest optical heights is, modulo .lambda., substantially different from .lambda./2, wherein each of the foci receives at least 20% of light incident on the lens.
摘要:
An optical pickup for simultaneously reading a plurality of data tracks of an optical storage medium is provided. The optical pickup uses a diffractive element to split an illumination beam into a plurality of reading beams which are projected onto a plurality of tracks of the optical storage medium. Apparatus and methods are shown for improving the optical characteristics of the optical pickup by reducing vignetting, optical aberrations, and field curvature. These improvements are achieved by relocating the diffractive element at a greater distance from the laser source, so that a diffractive element having a larger period, and a smaller angle between diffractive orders may be used. The apparatus and methods shown also reduce the number of components and the manufacturing cost of the optical pickup.
摘要:
A lighting module for illuminating cultivated crops in indoor farming comprises at least one monolithic efficiency enhancing optical element (EEOE) further comprising: (a) a front portion comprising a spectrum conversion layer; (b) an optically transparent middle body portion having at least one light source embedded there within and configured to emit spectrally controllable radiation; and (c) a back portion configured to reflect the radiation emitted by the spectrum conversion layer to the cultivated crops. The back portion has a central area being adjacent to the optically transparent middle body portion configured for reflecting radiation propagating within the optically transparent middle body portion and a peripheral area configured for reflecting radiation emerged from the optically transparent middle body portion via the side surface.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical system having a read mode, during which multiple tracks of an optical disk are simultaneously read, and a write mode, during which data is written to at least one track of the optical disk. The multiple light beams employed during read mode may be generated by a single laser diode operated at low power used in combination with a diffractive element, multiple laser diodes, or combinations thereof.
摘要:
A focus detection system for use in a multi-beam optical pickup assembly is provided that uses an optical element, either a holographic element or diffractive element, to split beams reflected off of a data-bearing surface of an optical disk into a plurality of data beams and a plurality of focus beams. The optical element also introduces astigmatism into the focus beams. The focus beams are projected onto focus detectors configured to account for overlap between adjacent focus beams to produce an accurate focus error signal.