Athermal abirefringent optical components
AssigneeMetastable Instruments, Inc.
InventorGeorge Dubé
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Abstract
An optical device to reduce the thermally induced distortion and thermally induced depolarization of light transmitted through all or part of the device. The device includes a nominally transparent element having a negative dn/dT and a nominally transparent element having a zero or negative stress optic coefficient.
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An optical device to reduce the thermally induced distortion and thermally induced depolarization of light transmitted through all or part of the device, the device comprising a nominally transparent layer of liquid, grease or gel in a thickness that minimizes the distortion of the device and a nominally transparent solid element having an approximately zero or negative stress optic coefficient.
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