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Infrared fiber imager

US6175678A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1999
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for performing spatial and spectral analysis comprising a bundle of a plurality of chalcogenide glass fiber, an optical system for transmitting light received from the bundle, and a detector for receiving the light signal from the optical system for providing spatial and spectral analysis of the bundle image; maximum diameter of the fibers is about the size of the pixels on the detector.

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