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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Optotune Ag, Dietikon, CH;
Manuel Aschwanden, Allenwinden, CH;
David Niederer, Kuttigen, CH;
Stephan Smolka, Zurich, CH;
Chauncey Gratzel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roman Patscheider, Winterthur, CH;
Markus Geissner, Bergdietikon, CH;
OPTOTUNE AG, Dietikon, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for pivoting an optical element (), comprising: an optical element (), wherein the optical element is movably mounted so that the optical element can be tilted at least about a first axis (A), a magnet () extending in an extension direction (Z), wherein the magnet () comprises a magnetization (M) aligned with said extension direction (Z), and wherein the magnet () comprises a front side (), and wherein optical element () is rigidly coupled to the magnet () or to a first conductor section () that faces the front side () of the magnet () in the extension direction (Z), wherein the first conductor section () extends along the first axis (A), and a current source means () electrically connected to the first conductor section (), which current source means () is designed to apply an electrical current (I) to said first conductor section (), so that a Lorentz force is generated that tilts the optical element () about said first axis (A) along a first tilting direction (x).