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US 11,442,282 B2Granted
Optical element including a plurality of regions
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsTasso R. M. Sales, George Michael Morris
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Abstract
An optical element comprising a body having a surface, wherein the surface has a plurality of regions periodically arranged in a tessellation, and wherein each region of the plurality of regions has a random spatial distribution of microstructures is disclosed. An optical system comprises a light source; and the optical element is also disclosed. Methods of making and using the optical element and the optical system are also disclosed.
Claims17
An optical element comprising:
- a body having a surface,
- wherein the surface has a plurality of regions periodically arranged in a tessellation;
- wherein each region of the plurality of regions has an outer geometric boundary, wherein two or more regions of the plurality of regions have different outer geometric boundaries in a polygon shape;
- and
- wherein each region of the plurality of regions has a random spatial distribution of microstructures.
2 more elements
An optical system, comprising:
- a light source, and
- an optical element including a body having a surface, wherein the surface has a plurality of regions periodically arranged in a tessellation, wherein each region of the plurality of regions has an outer geometric boundary, wherein two or more regions of the plurality of regions have different outer geometric boundaries in a polygon shape, and
- wherein each region of the plurality of regions has a random spatial distribution of microstructures.
A method of using an optical system, comprising:
- projecting an input beam from a light source to an optical element, wherein the optical element includes a body having a surface, wherein the surface has a plurality of regions periodically arranged in a tessellation, wherein each region of the plurality of regions has an outer geometric boundary, wherein two or more regions of the plurality of regions have different outer geometric boundaries in a polygon shape, and wherein each region of the plurality of regions has a random spatial distribution of microstructures;
- and
- shaping the input beam into a target pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.