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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:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Hongzhou Ma, Centreville, VA (US);

Jeffery S. Brooker, Manassas, VA (US);

Assignee:

Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/06 (2006.01); G03H 1/22 (2006.01); G03H 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/2294 (2013.01); G03H 1/08 (2013.01); G03H 2222/12 (2013.01); G03H 2223/13 (2013.01); G03H 2223/19 (2013.01); G03H 2223/24 (2013.01); G03H 2225/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical image generation system including: a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to receive an input collimated laser beam and modulate the wavefront of the laser beam; one or more optical elements configured to project the modulated laser beam onto a focal plane; a first mirror and a second mirror situated at the focal plane, an edge of the first mirror being adjacent to an edge of the second mirror, the first mirror reflects a first portion of the modulated laser beam in a first direction, the second mirror reflects a second portion of the modulated laser beam in a second direction; and an objective lens projects the first and second portions into a combined image; wherein the zeroth order diffraction is block or suppressed at the center of the focal plane.


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