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Patent No.:

US 6804000 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert Dixon Roorda, Astoria, NY (US);

Gero Miesenböck, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 ; G01N 2/164 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 ; G01N 2/164 ;
Abstract

Method and apparatus for steering a beam of light. The method and apparatus are based on the discovery that the spectral dispersion of multi-chromatic light pulses by an acousto-optical deflector can be significantly ameliorated by positioning a dispersive element, such as a prism, along the path of the multi-chromatic light pulses in such a way that the dispersive element disperses the multi-chromatic light pulses in a direction opposite to the spectral dispersion caused by the acousto-optical deflector. The dispersive element may be positioned either before or after the acousto-optical deflector. The method and apparatus are particularly well-suited for use with ultrashort laser pulses in the visible and infrared ranges having a bandwidth of up to about 40 nm. The method and apparatus have applicability in, among other things, multi-photon laser scanning microscopy.


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Roorda, Robert. (2004). Beam-steering of multi-chromatic light using acousto-optical deflectors and dispersion-compensatory optics (U.S. Patent No. 6804000). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6804000

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