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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicants:
Fundació Institut DE Ciències Fotòniques, Barcelona, ES;
Institució Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, ES;
Inventors:
Assignees:
FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES FOTÒNIQUES, Castelldefels, ES;
INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS, Barcelona, ES;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02B 3/12 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/293 (2013.01); G02B 3/12 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 3/0037 (2013.01); G02F 2201/08 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01); Y10S 977/773 (2013.01); Y10S 977/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adaptive photo thermal lens comprising at least one cell, each cell provided with at least one photo absorbing particle, a thermo-optical material in thermal contact with the cells and at least one controllable light source for illuminating the photo absorbing particles, the light source having at least one spectral component which can be absorbed by the photo-absorbing particles and being controllable in wavelength and/or power and/or polarization.