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Laser beam optical scanner

US5550655A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 1994
Grant dateAug 27, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/106
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laser beam passes through two holograms or through a hologram twice to reduce the ratio .lambda./d so that P-polarized light, as well as S-polarized light, can be diffracted with high diffraction efficiency and uses a hologram or holograms formed on a base plate and facilitates the separation of a stamper from the base plate in producing replicas of the hologram. A laser beam (5) passes through two holograms formed on a transparent base plate or through a hologram formed on a transparent base plate twice. The ratio .lambda./d, where .lambda. is the wavelength of the laser beam and d is the grating constant of the hologram, is in the range of 0.4 to 1.1.

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