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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1975
Tsutomu Yano, Kawasaki, JA;
Koetsu Saito, Kawasaki, JA;
Kuniaki Fukaya, Kawasaki, JA;
Akinori Watanabe, Komae, JA;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JA;
Abstract
A light deflector utilizing the anisotropic Bragg diffraction in an anisotropic medium in which the directions of the wave front normal and the energy propagation of ultrasonic waves are arranged to be different and the frequency range of the ultrasonic wave for causing re-diffraction of light diffracted once by said ultrasonic wave is set outside the driving frequency range. The diffraction efficiency does not fall near the central frequency of the driving ultrasonic frequency range due to the prevention of rediffraction. Further, the driving frequency can be selected over a remarkably wide range compared to that of the conventional light deflector.