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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen S. Hamann, Mountain View, CA (US);
Olav Solgaard, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/50 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/46 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/008 (2013.01); G02B 26/005 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01); G02B 27/0087 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/46 (2013.01); G02B 27/50 (2013.01); G02F 1/292 (2013.01); G01J 2009/0238 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patterned line of optical radiation can be steered in the other two directions (e.g., line patterned in y, steered in x and z) with a 1-D phase shifter array in a Fourier optics configuration. Preferably the patterned line is provided by forming a line focus and modulating it with an array of grating light valve devices in an amplitude modulation configuration. Phase modulation is preferably provided with an array of grating light valve devices in a phase modulation configuration.