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Multiple contour diffractive lens

US5114220A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1989
Grant dateMay 19, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C2202/20
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an ophthalmic lens which characteristically comprises at least two concentric regions having diffractive components with different phase profiles in order to use different orders of diffraction. The diffractive components may be formed by holograms in relief or index holograms.

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