G02B 6/3588
Of the processed beams, i.e. controlling during switching of orientation, alignment, or
Official title: {of the processed beams, i.e. controlling during switching of orientation, alignment, or beam propagation properties such as intensity, size or shape}
G02B6/3588 (Of the processed beams, i.e. controlling during switching of orientation, alignment, or) appears on 256 US grants and 238 published applications in this corpus.
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