Diffraction grating position sensing and control for a scanning
monochromator
    1.
    发明授权
    Diffraction grating position sensing and control for a scanning monochromator 失效
    扫描单色仪的衍射光栅位置检测和控制

    公开(公告)号:US5359409A

    公开(公告)日:1994-10-25

    申请号:US98559

    申请日:1993-07-28

    摘要: A double-pass scanning monochromator for use in an optical spectrum analyzer includes an input optical fiber for emitting an input light beam, a diffraction grating for diffracting the input light beam to produce a spatially dispersed light beam, a slit for passing a selected portion of the dispersed light beam, a motor for rotating the diffraction grating, a shaft angle encoder for sensing grating position, and an output optical fiber. The light that passes through the slit is directed to the diffraction grating and is recombined by the diffraction grating to produce an output light beam. The light beam to be analyzed is incident on the diffraction grating during first and second passes. A polarization rotation device rotates the polarization components of the light beam by 90.degree. between the first and second passes so that the output of the monochromator is independent of the polarization of the input light beam. The output optical fiber is translated by a micropositioning assembly in a plane perpendicular to the output light beam during rotation of the diffraction grating to automatically track the output light beam and to provide optical chopping.

    摘要翻译: 用于光谱分析仪的双通扫描单色仪包括用于发射输入光束的输入光纤,用于衍射输入光束以产生空间分散的光束的衍射光栅,用于使所选择的部分通过的狭缝 分散的光束,用于旋转衍射光栅的电动机,用于感测光栅位置的轴角编码器和输出光纤。 通过狭缝的光被引导到衍射光栅,并且被衍射光栅重新组合以产生输出光束。 要分析的光束在第一次和第二次通过期间入射到衍射光栅上。 偏振旋转装置在第一和第二遍之间使光束的偏振分量旋转90°,使得单色仪的输出与输入光束的偏振无关。 在衍射光栅旋转期间,输出光纤由垂直于输出光束的平面中的微定位组件平移,以自动跟踪输出光束并提供光学切割。

    Optical spectrum analyzer having double-pass monochromator
    2.
    发明授权
    Optical spectrum analyzer having double-pass monochromator 失效
    具有双通道单色显示器的光谱分析仪

    公开(公告)号:US5233405A

    公开(公告)日:1993-08-03

    申请号:US788444

    申请日:1991-11-06

    摘要: A double pass scanning monochromator for use in an optical spectrum analyzer includes an input optical fiber for emitting an input light beam, a diffraction grating for diffracting the input light beam to produce a spatially dispersed light beam, a slit for passing a selected portion of the dispersed light beam, a motor for rotating the diffraction grating, a shaft angle encoder for sensing grating position, and an output optical fiber. The light that passes through the slit is directed to the diffraction grating and is recombined by the diffraction grating to produce an output light beam. The light beam to be analyzed is incident on the diffraction grating during first and second passes. A polarization rotation device rotates the polarization components of the light beam by 90.degree. between the first and second passes so that the output of the monochromator is independent of the polarization of the input light beam. The output optical fiber is translated by a micropositioning assembly in a plane perpendicular to the output light beam during rotation of the diffraction grating to automatically track the output light beam and to provide optical chopping.

    Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component
    4.
    发明授权
    Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component 有权
    光学图案发生器使用单个旋转部件

    公开(公告)号:US07924488B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-12

    申请号:US12620200

    申请日:2009-11-17

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08

    CPC分类号: G02B26/12 B41J2/471 G02B26/10

    摘要: An optical pattern uses a single rotating component. The rotating component includes a number of deflection sectors. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angular amount although this amount may vary from one sector to the next. The rotating component may be combined with an imaging lens group that produces, for example, image points, spots, or lines displaced along a line locus.

    摘要翻译: 光学图案使用单个旋转部件。 旋转部件包括多个偏转扇区。 每个扇区将入射光束偏转大致恒定的角度量,尽管该量可以从一个扇区到下一个扇区变化。 旋转分量可以与产生例如图像点,点或沿着线轨迹移位的线的成像透镜组组合。

    Optical Scan Engine Using Rotating Mirror Sectors
    5.
    发明申请
    Optical Scan Engine Using Rotating Mirror Sectors 失效
    使用旋转镜扇区的光学扫描引擎

    公开(公告)号:US20080273231A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-06

    申请号:US12113759

    申请日:2008-05-01

    申请人: Barry G. Broome

    发明人: Barry G. Broome

    IPC分类号: G02B26/10

    CPC分类号: G02B26/105 G02B5/09 G02B26/12

    摘要: An optical scan engine includes a rotatable component, for example a disk or drum. The rotatable component includes a plurality of scan sectors that are arranged around the rotation axis and that lie substantially in a plane of rotation. Each scan sector includes a pair of reflective surfaces that typically are radially-facing. The incident optical beam typically propagates along a radial direction (e.g., towards the rotation axis) and each pair of reflective surfaces deflects the incident optical beam by approximately 180 degrees as that pair rotates through the incident optical beam. The deflected optical beam has a virtual image located on the rotation axis. As a result, the real image of the deflected optical beam rotates around the rotation axis at the same angular velocity as the scan sectors. Different scan sectors can be designed to yield diffeent deflections in the axial direction. The addition of a third reflective surface to each scan sector can be used to generate image points that are fixed in space as the scan sector rotates.

    摘要翻译: 光学扫描引擎包括可旋转部件,例如盘或滚筒。 可旋转部件包括围绕旋转轴布置并且基本上位于旋转平面中的多个扫描扇区。 每个扫描扇区包括通常是径向面对的一对反射表面。 入射光束通常沿着径向方向(例如,朝向旋转轴线)传播,并且当该对旋转穿过入射光束时,每对反射表面使入射光束偏转大约180度。 偏转的光束具有位于旋转轴上的虚像。 结果,偏转的光束的真实图像以与扫描扇区相同的角速度围绕旋转轴旋转。 可以设计不同的扫描扇区以在轴向方向产生不同的偏转。 可以使用向每个扫描扇区添加第三反射表面以产生当扫描扇区旋转时在空间中固定的图像点。

    Zoom lens system
    6.
    发明授权
    Zoom lens system 失效
    变焦镜头系统

    公开(公告)号:US6078433A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-20

    申请号:US002905

    申请日:1998-01-05

    IPC分类号: G02B15/163 G02B15/14

    CPC分类号: G02B15/163

    摘要: A compact zoom lens system having four injection-molded singlet lens elements is described. In one embodiment, the compact zoom lens system includes a lens carrier and first and second lens elements coupled to the lens carrier. One surface of the first or second lens elements having a diffractive optical surface disposed thereon to correct chromatic aberrations of light passing therethrough. The lens carrier moves the first and second lens elements axially to change a focal length of the lens system. Third and fourth lens elements are fixed on either side of the first and second lens elements. The lens carrier includes an aperture stop placed proximate to the diffractive optical surface to correct chromatic aberrations over an entire range of focal lengths. The first lens element is made out of flint-like material while the other lens elements are made out of crown-like material. Moreover, the zoom lens system includes an anti-aliasing surface on one of the lens elements to control aliasing effects. A plurality of light suppression elements are provided to suppress stray light paths from scattering across a detector array of the zoom lens system.

    摘要翻译: 描述了具有四个注射成型单透镜元件的紧凑变焦透镜系统。 在一个实施例中,紧凑型变焦透镜系统包括透镜载体和耦合到透镜载体的第一和第二透镜元件。 第一或第二透镜元件的一个表面具有设置在其上的衍射光学表面,以校正通过其中的光的色差。 透镜载体轴向移动第一和第二透镜元件以改变透镜系统的焦距。 第三和第四透镜元件固定在第一和第二透镜元件的两侧。 透镜载体包括靠近衍射光学表面放置的孔径光阑,以在整个焦距范围内校正色像差。 第一透镜元件由燧石状材料制成,而另一个透镜元件由冠状材料制成。 此外,变焦透镜系统包括在一个透镜元件上的抗锯齿表面以控制混叠效应。 提供多个光抑制元件以抑制杂散光路径散射在变焦透镜系统的检测器阵列上。

    Disposable endoscope
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US5892630A

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-06

    申请号:US629069

    申请日:1996-04-08

    申请人: Barry G. Broome

    发明人: Barry G. Broome

    IPC分类号: G02B23/24 G02B5/04 G02B21/02

    CPC分类号: G02B23/2423

    摘要: An endoscope includes a disposable probe and a non-disposable focusing ocular. The probe includes a transfer module assembly including one or more relay modules, and an objective element including a distal glass window, a molded plastic prism and three molded plastic lenses. Each of the relay modules contains an entry glass rod, an intermediate glass rod, and an exit rod, each having flat end surfaces and two identical molded plastic doublets. The elements of the ocular are all of glass and include an axially movable focusing doublet and two non-movable doublets. The disposable probe introduces certain aberrations into the image. The non-disposable focusing ocular corrects these aberrations. A single curved surface is formed on the distal glass window of the probe; all other curved optical surfaces of the disposable probe are formed on molded plastic members, thereby reducing the cost of the probe sufficiently to be cost-effective for single patient, disposable use.

    Optical pattern generator using a single rotating optical component with ray-symmetry-induced image stability
    8.
    发明授权
    Optical pattern generator using a single rotating optical component with ray-symmetry-induced image stability 有权
    光学图案发生器采用单一旋转光学元件,具有射线对称引导的图像稳定性

    公开(公告)号:US07995259B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-09

    申请号:US12125052

    申请日:2008-05-21

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08

    摘要: An optical pattern generator uses a rotating component that includes a number of deflection sectors containing optical elements. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angle although this angle may vary from one sector to the next. The constant deflection angle is achieved by symmetry within the deflection sector, specifically gut-ray symmetry. The rotating component may be combined with an imaging group that produces, for example, image points, spots, or lines displaced along a line locus. The image spots can also be displaced to either side of a line, for example by introducing a tilt in the orthogonal direction or by introducing light beams at various angles to the plane of symmetry.

    摘要翻译: 光学图案发生器使用包括多个包含光学元件的偏转扇区的旋转部件。 每个扇区将入射光束偏转大致恒定的角度,尽管该角度可以从一个扇区到下一个扇区变化。 恒定的偏转角通过偏转扇区内的对称性来实现,特别是肠 - 射线对称性。 旋转分量可以与产生例如沿着线轨迹移位的图像点,斑点或线的成像组组合。 图像点也可以移位到线的任一侧,例如通过在正交方向上引入倾斜或者通过以与对称平面不同的角度引入光束。

    Optical scan engine using rotating mirror sectors
    9.
    发明授权
    Optical scan engine using rotating mirror sectors 失效
    光学扫描引擎采用旋转镜扇区

    公开(公告)号:US07729029B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-01

    申请号:US12113759

    申请日:2008-05-01

    申请人: Barry G. Broome

    发明人: Barry G. Broome

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08

    CPC分类号: G02B26/105 G02B5/09 G02B26/12

    摘要: An optical scan engine includes a rotatable component, for example a disk or drum. The rotatable component includes a plurality of scan sectors that are arranged around the rotation axis and that lie substantially in a plane of rotation. Each scan sector includes a pair of reflective surfaces that typically are radially-facing. The incident optical beam typically propagates along a radial direction (e.g., towards the rotation axis) and each pair of reflective surfaces deflects the incident optical beam by approximately 180 degrees as that pair rotates through the incident optical beam. The deflected optical beam has a virtual image located on the rotation axis. As a result, the real image of the deflected optical beam rotates around the rotation axis at the same angular velocity as the scan sectors. Different scan sectors can be designed to yield diffeent deflections in the axial direction. The addition of a third reflective surface to each scan sector can be used to generate image points that are fixed in space as the scan sector rotates.

    摘要翻译: 光学扫描引擎包括可旋转部件,例如盘或滚筒。 可旋转部件包括围绕旋转轴布置并且基本上位于旋转平面中的多个扫描扇区。 每个扫描扇区包括通常是径向面对的一对反射表面。 入射光束通常沿着径向方向(例如,朝向旋转轴线)传播,并且当该对旋转穿过入射光束时,每对反射表面使入射光束偏转大约180度。 偏转的光束具有位于旋转轴上的虚像。 结果,偏转的光束的真实图像以与扫描扇区相同的角速度围绕旋转轴旋转。 可以设计不同的扫描扇区以在轴向方向产生不同的偏转。 可以使用向每个扫描扇区添加第三反射表面以产生当扫描扇区旋转时在空间中固定的图像点。

    Zoom lens system
    10.
    发明授权
    Zoom lens system 有权
    变焦镜头系统

    公开(公告)号:US06297913B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-02

    申请号:US09595955

    申请日:2000-06-19

    IPC分类号: G02B1514

    CPC分类号: G02B15/163

    摘要: A compact zoom lens system having four injection-molded singlet lens elements is described. In one embodiment, the compact zoom lens system includes a lens carrier and first and second lens elements coupled to the lens carrier. One surface of the first or second lens elements having a diffractive optical surface disposed thereon to correct chromatic aberrations of light passing therethrough. The lens carrier moves the first and second lens elements axially to change a focal length of the lens system. Third and fourth lens elements are fixed on either side of the first and second lens elements. The lens carrier includes an aperture stop placed proximate to the diffractive optical surface to correct chromatic aberrations over an entire range of focal lengths. The first lens element is made out of flint-like material while the other lens elements are made out of crown-like material. Moreover, the zoom lens system includes an anti-aliasing surface on one of the lens elements to control aliasing effects. A plurality of light suppression elements are provided to suppress stray light paths from scattering across a detector array of the zoom lens system.

    摘要翻译: 描述了具有四个注射成型单透镜元件的紧凑变焦透镜系统。 在一个实施例中,紧凑型变焦透镜系统包括透镜载体和耦合到透镜载体的第一和第二透镜元件。 第一或第二透镜元件的一个表面具有设置在其上的衍射光学表面,以校正通过其中的光的色差。 透镜载体轴向移动第一和第二透镜元件以改变透镜系统的焦距。 第三和第四透镜元件固定在第一和第二透镜元件的两侧。 透镜载体包括靠近衍射光学表面放置的孔径光阑,以在整个焦距范围内校正色像差。 第一透镜元件由燧石状材料制成,而另一个透镜元件由冠状材料制成。 此外,变焦透镜系统包括在一个透镜元件上的抗锯齿表面以控制混叠效应。 提供多个光抑制元件以抑制杂散光路径散射在变焦透镜系统的检测器阵列上。