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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Oono, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359668 ; 359669 ; 2502015 ; 356345 ;
Abstract
A beam projecting apparatus includes a light source that emits a laser beam and a colliminating lens that renders the emitted laser beam a substantially parallel beam. A beam projecting device includes a beam projecting portion from which the laser beam is projected outwardly so that the laser beam has a beam waist located at a predetermined position spaced from the beam projecting apparatus. The beam projecting apparatus further includes a system that detects a curvature of wavefront of the substantially parallel beam at the predetermined position.