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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Paul Michael William French, Horsted Keynes, GB;
Carl Paterson, London, GB;
Mark Andrew Aquilla Neil, Botley, GB;
Christopher William Dunsby, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Paul Michael William French, Horsted Keynes, GB;
Carl Paterson, London, GB;
Mark Andrew Aquilla Neil, Botley, GB;
Christopher William Dunsby, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Imperial Innovations Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
An endoscope includes a light source operable to generate coherent incident light, and a plurality of imaging optical fibers that are arranged in a fiber bundle, arranged to receive light at a proximal end of the fiber bundle, and arranged to transmit light to a distal end of the fiber bundle. The endoscope further includes a spatial light phase modulator between the light source and the fiber bundle, and arranged to receive the incident light from the light source and to adjust the relative phase of the incident light entering each of the plurality of imaging optical fibers.