WO2004102258A3 - Static method for laser speckle reduction and apparatus for reducing speckle - Google Patents
Static method for laser speckle reduction and apparatus for reducing speckle Download PDFInfo
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- WO2004102258A3 WO2004102258A3 PCT/CA2004/000742 CA2004000742W WO2004102258A3 WO 2004102258 A3 WO2004102258 A3 WO 2004102258A3 CA 2004000742 W CA2004000742 W CA 2004000742W WO 2004102258 A3 WO2004102258 A3 WO 2004102258A3
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/105—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type having optical polarisation effects
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/48—Laser speckle optics
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- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/14—Mode converters
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- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
- G02B6/2821—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
- H01S3/005—Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
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US47080503P | 2003-05-15 | 2003-05-15 | |
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WO2004102258A2 WO2004102258A2 (en) | 2004-11-25 |
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US8995061B2 (en) | 2011-07-07 | 2015-03-31 | Reald Inc. | Speckle reduction using lenslet integrator |
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WO2000043822A1 (en) * | 1999-01-20 | 2000-07-27 | Tropel Corporation | Laser illumination with speckle reduction |
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US6323984B1 (en) * | 2000-10-11 | 2001-11-27 | Silicon Light Machines | Method and apparatus for reducing laser speckle |
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US6249381B1 (en) * | 1998-05-13 | 2001-06-19 | Sony Corporation | Illuminating method and illuminating device |
WO2000043822A1 (en) * | 1999-01-20 | 2000-07-27 | Tropel Corporation | Laser illumination with speckle reduction |
WO2001057581A2 (en) * | 2000-02-07 | 2001-08-09 | Silicon Light Machines | Method and apparatus for reducing laser speckle using polarization averaging |
JP2001296503A (en) * | 2000-04-13 | 2001-10-26 | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd | Device for reducing speckle |
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