Patent · US Expired

Collection mode lens system

US6477298B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

7Claims

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Assignee

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

Daniel Fletcher · Berkeley, US
Gordon S. Kino · Stanford, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2001
Grant date	Nov 5, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4206
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens system including a collection lens and a microlens spaced from the collection lens adjacent the region to be observed. The diameter of the observablel region depends substantially on the radius of the microlens.

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