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Light modulator having variable blaze diffraction grating

US7289258B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2005
Grant dateOct 30, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/0808
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates, in general, to a light modulator having a variable blaze diffraction grating and, more particularly, to a light modulator having a variable blaze diffraction grating, in which a diffraction member rotates due to piezoelectric force so as to incline a reflective surface.

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