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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Michael R. Brininstool, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael R. Brininstool, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical beam steering system having a plurality of optical apertures arranged in a circle. Each of the optical apertures corresponds to a unique angular sector of the circle and includes a blazed fiber Bragg grating that responds to selected wavelengths of light. A particular angular sector of the optical system can selectively be made to project a radially directed light beam based upon the light used. The direction of the light projecting from a chosen angular sector can be altered by further tuning the light and can also be changed by expanding or contracting the length of the blazed fiber Bragg grating employed.