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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary K Starkweather, Saratoga, CA (US);
John C Urbach, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350358 ;
Abstract
An acousto-optic device including an acousto-optic medium having a plurality of closely spaced transducers bonded thereto in a linear array. A signal of the same frequency is supplied to those transducers which are to diffract out or deflect elemental portions of a light beam incident upon the acousto-optic medium to thereby provide a plurality of light spots which can be written in parallel.