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US 2006/0066830 A1Published application
Light modulator, and optical apparatus using the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenji Yamazoe
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Abstract
A light modulator for modulating a phase distribution of incident light includes an element that provides the incident light with three or more types of phase differences, wherein the element includes three or more displaceable light reflective bands, and wherein the light modulator has plural pixels each including the element.
Claims14
A light modulator for modulating a phase distribution of incident light, said light modulator comprising:
- an element that provides the incident light with three or more types of phase differences,
- wherein the element includes three or more displaceable light reflective bands, and
- wherein the light modulator has plural pixels each including the element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.