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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 24 ; 372 50 ;
Abstract
A scanning apparatus with a refracting function comprising a laser beam oscillating area, one or more refracting areas with a waveguide having different refractive indexes, wherein an electric field is applied to the waveguide of the refracting area, by which the changes in the refractive index of the waveguide of the refracting area are attained so that laser beams from the laser beam oscillating area undergo refraction while they pass through the waveguide of the refracting area.