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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1983
Jesse C Bunch, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A lens deflection system (10) for deflecting radiation emitted from a source. The lens deflection system (10) provides for the varying of the index of refraction of system (10) as a function of location and/or time. Incoming radiation may initially impinge on a planar surface (12) forming a frontal face of system (10) and pass internal to a first radiation transmissive mechanism which may be a plurality of prisms (18, 18' and 18'). The radiation may be deflected upon entering prisms (18, 18' and 18') and then may be further deflected upon passage through rear surfaces (14, 14' and 14') upon entrance into base element (28) which may serve as a second radiation transmissive mechanism. By adjusting the indices of refraction of the prisms (18, 18' and 18') and/or the base element (28), the radiation may be deflected in a predetermined manner.