High resolution acousto-optical light deflector
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFranz Auracher, Rudolf Keil, Michael Stockmann, Karl-Heinz Zeitler
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Abstract
A light deflector includes a plurality of individual acousto-optical light waveguide deflectors being integrated on a common substrate and disposed relative to one or more directions from which or to which a light beam to be deflected will be supplied so that the resolved points is equal to the sum of the resolved points of each of the individual deflectors. Preferably, the individual light deflectors are disposed and aligned on the substrate so that the deflection ranges of the resolved points lie next to one another in a prescribed surface and with the ranges contacting one another without gaps.
Claims19
An acousto-optical light deflector device with a high resolution for deflecting a beam of light from a source onto a plurality of resolved points, said deflector device comprising a common substrate having a portion forming a waveguide for conducting light of said beam, and a plurality of individual acousto-optical waveguide light deflectors with each deflector being able to deflect light at a plurality of resolved points, said deflectors being integrated on the common substrate in such a manner that the number of resolved points for the device is equal to the sum of the resolved points for each of the individual deflectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.