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Stepped thickness spectral filter for focal plane flattening

US5002347A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1989
Grant dateMar 26, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2001/448
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spectral filter for use in optical systems receiving field-of-view (FOV) optical beams at differing angles refracts all FOV beams onto a single plane focal surface. The spectral filter comprises a combination of lens having varied thicknesses incorporated into a single filter unit. Each thickness, or step, of the spectral filter corresponds to a different one of the received FOV beams.

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