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US 11,487,244 B2Granted
Method to translate a non-collimated optical beam
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
InventorPierre Alexandre Blanche
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for translating optical beams.
Claims15
A translational beam system comprising:
- a belt disposed to be translated along at least one axis, wherein the belt comprises a plurality of lenses coupled thereto, wherein the belt comprises one or more apertures configured to allow a reference beam to pass therethrough;
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- a spatial light modulator configured to cause an object beam to pass through one or more of the plurality of lenses as the belt is translated, wherein the one or more lenses cause the object beam to converge or diverge.
A system for processing holographic stereograms, the system comprising:
- a holographic recording material;
- a belt spaced from the holographic recording material and disposed to be translated in a continuous circuit, wherein the belt comprises a plurality of holographic lenses coupled thereto and arranged in a prescribed pattern;
- a spatial light modulator configured to cause an object beam to pass through the holographic lenses such that the holographic lenses focus the object beam onto the holographic recording material;
- and a light source configured to cause a reference beam to be incident on the holographic recording material such that the holographic recording material stores information based on interference between the reference beam and the object beam, wherein the belt comprises one or more apertures configured to allow the reference beam to pass therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.