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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2016
Applicants:

Canon Usa Inc., Melville, NY (US);

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Mitsuhiro Ikuta, Cambridge, MA (US);

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dongkyun Kang, Somerville, MA (US);

Dukho Do, Malden, MA (US);

Assignees:

Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G01J 3/18 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G01J 3/36 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/00179 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); G01J 3/021 (2013.01); G01J 3/0205 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0218 (2013.01); G01J 3/0262 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/1804 (2013.01); G01J 3/36 (2013.01); G02B 6/2938 (2013.01); G02B 6/29313 (2013.01); G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); G02B 6/3624 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01); G02B 26/106 (2013.01); G02B 27/4294 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprising at least: a first waveguide; a second waveguide; and a diffractive element. The first waveguide guides a first band of onto the diffractive element such that the first band is diffracted at an mnon-zero order over a first range of angles. The second waveguide guides a second band onto the diffractive element such that the second band is diffracted at the mnon-zero over the first range of angles. The second waveguide guides a third band onto the diffractive element such that the third band is diffracted at the nnon-zero order over the first range of angles. Wavelengths of the first band, the second band, and the third band do not overlap with each other. The morder and the norder are different from each other.


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