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Device for producing a white light

US7020378B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2002
Grant dateMar 28, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0003
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for the generation of white light serves in particular for the illumination of the interior of the eye. A semiconductor laser (10′) emits radiation in the blue/violet/ultraviolet region of the spectrum, which is coupled into an optical waveguide (18′). The optical waveguide (18′) is doped with fluorescent dyes (26). By superposition of the fluorescent radiations white light is generated at the end (22′) of the optical waveguide.

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