Lenslet array systems and methods

Details Lenslet array systems and methods Lenslet array systems and methods

1997-01-24

1999-10-26

Epps, Georgia

Optical: systems and elements

Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels

By surface composed of lenticular elements

359621, G02B 2710

Patent

active

059738448

ABSTRACT:
A stacked array magnifier (SAM) forms a magnified, demagnified or unit image of an object. The SAM includes one or more non-refractive lenslet arrays and one or more refractive lenslet arrays to form a plurality of lenslet channels. Each lenslet channel has at least one refractive lenslet and at least one non-refractive lenslet. SAMs are combined and tiled to form a scaleable display of flat panel displays. Multiple SAMs are used to increase magnification selectively. Hybrid lenslet arrays of the invention are also useable for optical processing and non-imaging applications.

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