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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Manu Prakash, San Francisco, CA (US);
James S. Cybulski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Laurel Kroo, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/02 (2013.01); B29D 11/00365 (2013.01); B29D 11/00432 (2013.01); G02B 3/0087 (2013.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 21/0008 (2013.01); G02B 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical lenses and methods for manufacturing optical lenses are disclosed herein. Lenses having a reduced aperture size are also disclosed herein along with methods for making the same. The optical lenses disclosed herein can be made having improved optical properties. The lenses can be used in optical microscopes, including optical microscopes with a shorter optical path relative to conventional optical microscopes.