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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Kessler, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael E Harrigan, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359205 ; 359207 ; 359820 ;
Abstract
An imaging system including a Gaussian light source, such as a laser diode, an image plane, and an optical system located between the light source and the image plane. The optical system has an optical axis, a first principal focus and a second principal focus. The image plane is located at the second principal focus of the optical system. The optical system creates a Gaussian intensity profile on the image plane whose e.sup.-2 intensity diameter on such plane is substantially constant even when the Gaussian light source being imaged by the optical system shifts along the optical axis.