Optical: systems and elements – Diffraction – From grating
Patent
1992-10-19
1998-04-21
Henry, Jon W.
Optical: systems and elements
Diffraction
From grating
359 2, 425183, 425194, 425363, G02B 518, B29C 4346, B29D 1700
Patent
active
057424322
ABSTRACT:
In one preferred embodiment, an apparatus for embossing diffraction patterns on a sheet, the apparatus including: an elongate, rotatable, cylindrical roll; a plurality of arcuate embossing shim segments disposed on the surface of the roll; and the embossing shim segments being rearrangeable and/or replaceable to change the pattern embossed on the sheet. In another aspect of the invention, a method of slitting, into a plurality of strips, an embossed sheet, each strip having thereon a plurality of rows of diffraction grating segments vertically spaced apart a multiple of a selected distance, the method including: providing on a portion of the sheet a plurality of index marks vertically spaced apart a multiple of the selected distance, the index marks being provided for the alignment of cutting apparatus such that the sheet will be slit so that a selected row of the segments will be disposed a desired distance from an edge of each strip. In a further aspect of the invention, a method of providing a diffraction grating element on a first substrate strip for the reading of the diffraction grating with a light source producing a spot of light and a photodetector detecting light diffracted by the diffraction grating element, the spot of light passing relative to the first substrate strip along a path parallel to an edge of the first substrate strip, the method including: placing the diffraction grating element such that the path passes substantially through the center of the diffraction grating element.
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Crozier John H.
Henry Jon W.
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