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Wide-angle beam steering

US11221435B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate · US

Inventors

Juliet T. Gopinath · Boulder, US
Victor M. Bright · Boulder, US
Mo Zohrabi · Boulder, US
Robert H. Cormack · Boulder, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2207/115
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Wide-angle beam steering using two or more variable lenses to form a small-angle beam steering element, along with a numerical aperture converter and a wide-angle lens. The small-angle beam steering element might comprise either one- or two-dimensional beam steering with tunable liquid lenses.

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