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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Applicant:
University Court of the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, GB;
Inventors:
Kishan Dholakia, St Andrews, GB;
Tom Vettenburg, St Andrews, BE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G02B 21/10 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 27/58 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0927 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 21/10 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01); G02B 27/0944 (2013.01); G02B 27/0988 (2013.01); G02B 27/58 (2013.01); G02F 1/01 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G01N 21/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light sheet optical system comprising means for forming a light sheet using a non-diffractive or quasi non-diffractive and/or propagation invariant beam that has an asymmetric intensity beam profile transverse to the direction of propagation, such as an Airy beam.