Optical: systems and elements – Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels – By surface composed of lenticular elements
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-05
2010-11-23
Harrington, Alicia M (Department: 2873)
Optical: systems and elements
Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels
By surface composed of lenticular elements
C359S623000, C359S668000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07839573
ABSTRACT:
A device for the homogenization of radiation, preferably light, using chirped microlens arrays (cMLA) from the established regular microlens arrays (rMLA), chirped microlens arrays are an arrangement of non-identical lenses in one array. Non-identical means that the lens parameters of the lenses of the array, such as e.g. the radius of curvature, the free diameter, vertex position, and others, can vary from lens to lens or cell to cell. The parameters of each lens or cell can be determined by functions (analytically, numerically), the functions preferably being dependent upon the position of the cell or the lens in the array.
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Bräuer Andreas
Schreiber Peter
Wippermann Frank
Dernier, Esq. Matthew B.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forsc
Gibson & Dernier LLP
Harrington Alicia M
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