Le Conoscope Sa

Yann Malet

Didier Charlot

An optical device for generating a signal based on a distance of an object from the optical device. The optical device includes a first polarizer, a birefringent crystal positioned optically downstream from the first polarizer, and a second polarizer arranged optically downstream from the birefringent crystal. The second polarizer creates a pair of interferograms by adjusting a phase of the light. Two outputs are generated by separately integrating an amount of light of at least a part of each of the pair of interferograms. Finally, the two outputs are combined such that the signal, depending only on the distance between the object and the optical system, is obtained.

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Saint Cyr l'Ecole, France

Yann Malet