Apparatus for imaging light from a laser diode onto a multi-channel linear light valve
US5517359A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/06825
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for coupling a broad emitting area laser diode made of multiple emitters operating in parallel to a linear light valve. The apparatus images each one of the emitters onto the linear light valve, superimposing them in order to increase the immunity to defects occuring in any individual emitter.
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