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Device and method for writing on imaging material with an integrated waveguide

US6339660B1 · kind B1 · utility

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38Claims

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Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Frank Buchmann · Jena, DE
Markus Ehbrecht · Munich, DE
Jörk Hebenstreit · Bad Klosterlausnitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 1999
Grant date	Jan 15, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F1/0123
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and a method is proposed for writing on imaging material (3) with a radiation source (1) producing an electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength suitable for recording image information on the imaging material (3). The radiation produced by the radiation source (1) can be modulated with a waveguide which is integrated in a substrate material (49) and operates as a modulator (2). A modulation signal containing the image information can be received at an input (9) of the modulator (2). According to the invention, a compensator (6, 12) compensates a modulation error which occurs during modulation of the radiation.

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