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Adjustment of the partial coherence of the light energy in an imaging system

US6611387B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2000
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70166
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention describes an apparatus comprising an optical array generating a distribution of partial coherence of light energy and an aperture to select a subset of said distribution of partial coherence.

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