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Multi-beam scanning optical system

US4796961A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1987
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/1135
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-beam scanning optical system of the present invention comprises a plurality of laser beam producing means, the producing means producing laser beams with their polarization directions parallel to one another, means for rotating the polarizing direction of at least one of the plurality of laser beams by 90 degrees, and a beam splitter means for superposing the plurality of laser beams on one another.

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