Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component

Details Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component

2008-05-13

2008-05-13

Cherry, Euncha P. (Department: 2872)

Optical: systems and elements

Deflection using a moving element

Using a periodically moving element

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07372606

ABSTRACT:
An optical pattern generator 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.

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