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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tim Rausch, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Tuviah E. Schlesinger, Mt. Lebanon, PA (US);
Daniel D. Stancil, Mars, PA (US);
James A. Bain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ; G02B 6/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ; G02B 6/32 ;
Abstract
A lens for focusing collimated light. The lens includes a single, optically transmissive material having an aspherical focusing surface and a second surface, such that collimated light incident on the aspherical focusing surface is focused in a near-field region of the second surface.