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Metasurfaces for laser speckle reduction

US12140778B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2019
Grant dateNov 12, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4087
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus that relies on patterned metasurfaces to reduce speckle when illuminating an object with coherent light. The metasurfaces serve to increase one or more of angle diversity and wavelength diversity resulting from illumination by a coherent source.

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