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Wideband optical beam deflector

US4402575A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1981
Grant dateSep 6, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/1827
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wideband optical beam deflector utilizes an electromechanical transducer to simultaneously rotate a plurality of mirrors. An incoming optical beam is successively reflected by these rotating mirrors such that the deflections of the mirrors are additive. the deflector may also incorporate a stationary mirror to complete the reflector path

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