Adaptive photothermal lens
US9606419B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/81
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An adaptive photo thermal lens comprising at least one cell, each cell provided with at least one photo absorbing particle, a thermo-optical material in thermal contact with the cells and at least one controllable light source for illuminating the photo absorbing particles, the light source having at least one spectral component which can be absorbed by the photo-absorbing particles and being controllable in wavelength and/or power and/or polarization.
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