Patent · US Expired

Gradient index single lens

US4770506A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 6, 1987
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B3/0087
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This specification discloses a single lens having an index gradient in a direction perpendicular to the optic axis thereof, and the surface of the single lens on the light beam incidence side when the single lens is used at a reduced magnification is formed into a surface concave relative to the object side, whereby the working distance is sufficiently long and aberration are well corrected.

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