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Integrated optical head

US4887255A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 1987
Grant dateDec 12, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/1245
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated optical head includes a substrate and an optical waveguide formed on a surface of one side of a substrate. Light is directed to the optical waveguide and a grating structure is provided for deflecting light propagating in the optical waveguide toward the substrate. A distributed refractive index lens is formed in the substrate for condensing the light passing through the substrate after the deflection toward an article.

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