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4746193 Apparatus for stabilization of high speed optical pulses  
An optical system including an input pulse source for providing an input optical pulse the intensity of which is sufficiently high to result in stimulated Raman scattering; and a first optical...
4735486 Systems and methods for processing optical correlator memory devices  
An optical correlator memory processing system. By operating the system within preselected maximum and minium wavelengths, by preselecting certain parameters of the system, and by operating the...
4662653 Optically diffracting security element  
A security element for authenticating bank notes, credit cards, security passes and the like is disclosed. The security element incorporates a reflective-type diffraction grating, which grating...
4655547 Shaping optical pulses by amplitude and phase masking  
Embodiments of the present invention control, manipulate and tailor the shape of input optical pulses to produce substantially transform-limited output pulses which can be shorter than the input...
4632517 Crystalline colloidal narrow band radiation filter  
A narrow wavelength band filtering device is provided by forming a highly ordered crystalline colloidal structure within a cell. The crystalline colloidal structure is relatively thin and has...
4568147 Flat profile grating coupler  
A device for efficiently coupling electromagnetic radiation in the far-infrared and submillimeter microwave regions of the electromagnetic spectrum to surface electromagnetic waves comprising a...
4561721 Attenuator for optical radiation  
In the representative embodiments described herein, an attenuator of optical radiation, and specifically high-intensity laser radiation, comprises a plurality of diffracting sheet members,...
4560249 Method of forming diffraction gratings and optical branching filter elements produced thereby  
A method for making a diffraction grating utilizing a laser source, a beam splitter to split the light from the laser source into two light fluxes, a collimator to convert each light flux into a...
4555162 Method of fabricating long period optical grating  
A long period buried optical grating is fabricated by polishing a number of single crystal silicon wafers to identical thicknesses and flat figure, applying a light reflective metallic coating to...
4496634 Diffraction grating wire arrays in parallel  
Arrays of substantially parallel metallic wires of micron and sub-micron dimensions are made by directionally solidifying the components of a eutectic alloy system as a thin film and subsequently...
4496216 Method and apparatus for exposing photosensitive material  
Exposure patterns are formed in photosensitive material by multiple beam laser interferometry by a method which involves exposing said photosensitive material simultaneously to at least three...
4494235 Multiple wavelength laser  
A pulsed or CW laser is rapidly switched to operate at one or more selectable wavelengths by means of intracavity insertion of beam dispersion and focussing elements and an apertured focal plane...
4492738 Diffraction grating wire arrays in series  
Arrays of substantially parallel metallic wires of micron and sub-micron dimensions are made by directionally solidifying the components of a eutectic alloy system as a thin film and subsequently...
4476161 Method of producing a buried long period grating  
A method of producing a buried long period grating which is substantially unaffected by material stability, high tolerance requirements, stringent machining requirements, and heat transfer. The...
4469407 Laser apodizing filter  
A laser beam apodizing filter comprising a print-out silver image comprised of silver grains having a diameter of about 0.5 μm or less, said image being proportional in density distribution to the...
4440839 Method of forming laser diffraction grating for beam sampling device  
A combined holographic grating that samples a high energy laser beam and focuses the sample into a spot is formed by the cross-modulation term of a linear holographic grating and a holographic zone...
4440468 Planar waveguide bragg lens and its utilization  
The planar waveguide Bragg lens and a component utilizing a planar waveguide Bragg lens with a greater acceptance angle characterized by several grating structures being arranged in series and...
4397558 System for reducing the effects of background radiation  
A system for reducing the effects of background radiation on a desired signal includes a plurality of physically spaced phase shifters arranged in a two-dimensional array and disposed in the path...
4389094 Process for casting on a support the faithfull reproduction of a mask pierced with periodically distributed slits  
A process is disclosed which consists of choosing the wavelength of a plane incident wave to lie in the range 2d/3≤λ≤2d, where d is the pitch of the slits so that there exist only two...
4389096 Image display apparatus of liquid crystal valve projection type  
A liquid crystal light valve projection type image display apparatus comprises an electro-optic element and a Schlieren optical system. The electro-optic element has a liquid crystal layer having a...
4371264 Optical system for aligning two patterns and photo-repeater using such a system  
An optical system for aligning two patterns particularly by photo-repetition in which a first pattern formed by two optical networks, disposed along two coordinate axes is illuminated by the image...
4358200 Optical focussing-error detection system  
A focussing error detection system is described for determining deviations between the plane of imaging of an objective system in an optical arrangement and the radiation-reflecting surface in said...
4355898 Optical detecting, monitoring or measuring arrangements  
According to the present invention there is provided an optical detecting, monitoring or measuring arrangement, comprising a movable diffraction grating arranged for angular displacement by means...
4331972 Light valve, light valve display, and method  
A light valve comprises a pair of elements of transparent material each comprising a diffraction grating of like periodicity facing each other with parallel grating lines. Such a light valve is...
4330211 Method and apparatus for detecting small angular beam deviations  
A method and apparatus for detecting small angular deviations of an input beam which utilizes a pair of diffraction gratings in series, both of which are operating in the Wood's anomaly region. As...
4327966 Variable attenuator for laser radiation  
The invention relates to a variable attenuator having two phase gratings (1 and 2) with rectangular grooves. In a first embodiment of the present invention the gratings are slidably mounted (10,...
4306763 Optical source comprising a semiconductor laser and optical means for the anamorphosis of the beam emitted by said laser  
An optical source comprising a semiconductor laser having an emissive junction and optical means for the anamorphosis of the beam emitted by said laser. The optical means comprise a concave...
4281905 Magneto-optic light deflector beam recombination apparatus  
An apparatus for and a method of parallelizing the conjugate deflected light beams of a magneto-optic light deflector system. The apparatus includes two converging half-lenses, the centers of which...
4269932 Process for preparing an original information carrier for zero-order diffraction  
A process for producing a relief original information carrier is disclosed comprising the steps of exposing a recording layer mounted on a carrier to a grating pattern, image-wise exposing the...
4195909 Scanning grating for a focus detector  
An improved scanning grating useful as an image scanner and spatial frequency filter, for a focusing detector to ascertain the focus of an optical system on deflecting the light incident from the...
4174881 Recording a synthetic focused-image hologram on a thermally deformable plastic  
A synthetic focused image hologram of a white light image is recorded as variations in the depths of grooves of a diffraction grating in a layer of thermoplastic material located on a layer of...
4158481 System and method for viewing a three-dimensional image using a two-dimensional drawing  
Two-dimensional figures which are to be represented in three-dimensional images consist of a series of lines or line segments which may be in the form of hand drawings, two-dimensional printed...
4146783 Multiplexed optical communication system  
The system permits the multiplex telecommunication through the medium of an optical carrier wave. The system comprises a source of coherent light whose optical spectrum is dispersed in an optical...
4140362 Forming focusing diffraction gratings for integrated optics  
An apparatus is disclosed for making unchirped holographic diffraction gratings that are formed from curved lines in a thin film. The gratings so made focus as well as reflect light that is...
4123149 Unstable resonator having high magnification  
An unstable resonator having high magnification and capable of accommodating an active medium having high gain and small dimensions is disclosed. The unstable resonator, formed with a pair of...
4091281 Light modulation system  
A system for one dimensional or multi-dimensional modulation of light proportional to the path, angle or speed, preferably the photoelectric signal analysis of the movement of an object carrier in...
4084880 Coherent optical computer for polynomial evaluation  
A holographic polynomial computer in which powers and products of the input variables are obtained by repeated diffraction at the input hologram. The information bearing beams are split,...
4048492 Method and apparatus for automatic focusing an optical system with a scanning grating  
Method and apparatus for automatically focusing an optical system, particularly a microscope. A grating is located in the intermediate image plane and acts as a spatial frequency filter. A...
4039370 Optically monitoring the undercutting of a layer being etched  
A technique for optically monitoring the undercutting of a layer of material being selectively etched beneath a pattern of masking material in an etchant comprises forming on a layer of the...
4034460 Method of forming an optical grating  
An optical grating having expansion characteristics equivalent to the thermal expansion characteristics of a preselected material is formed by providing a thin grating sheet of a material different...
4033052 Optical teaching aid  
A teaching aid for demonstrating the component pure spectral colors of white light and the effect of selective recombination thereof. It utilizes the diffraction principle to produce a spectrum...
4011435 Optical indicia marking and detection system  
An optical marking system which utilizes tags that are formed from multiple diffraction gratings, which gratings differ in orientation and number of lines (frequency) in accordance with the coded...
3944326 Waveguide  
A waveguide for submillimeter and infrared wavelength range electromagnetic radiation comprises a metal grating with a grating constant criterion: ##EQU1## BEING GREATER THAN (2/λ) 2 , WHERE λ IS...
RE28702 Noninteracting lens system for a color encoding camera  
In a color camera utilizing a color encoding strip filter arrangement in the optical path to separate light from an object into its component colors, an imaging system includes a noninteracting...
3924925 Focussed image hologram projector using a long narrow light source  
A filamentary light source and condenser system provide one or more light beams for illuminating a frequency-encoded focussed image hologram, the light diffracted therefrom being decoded by a...
3917378 Frequency-encoded focussed image hologram record  
A hologram comprising three superimposed parallel diffraction gratings, each modulated by a different primary color component of an imaged object and having a different spatial frequency related to...
3891975 Method and arrangement for recording the phase distribution of an object wave stored in a hologram  
The object wave stored in the hologram has intensity maxima. The hologram is scanned and a pulse is furnished for each of the intensity maxima. This creates a spatial distribution of pulses. The...
3840738 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH MEANS FOR MINIMIZING MATERIAL DISPERSION  
The bandwidth of an optical communications system utilizing a transmission line constructed of a dispersive medium is significantly increased by use of a particular type of repeater and/or...
3767310 DIFFRACTION GRATING BEAM SPLITTER  
The optical system divides a beam of coherent radiation into a pair of beams having powers according to a desired ratio. The primary beam is intercepted by a holographic diffraction grating...
3749922 APPARATUS FOR READING OUT INFORMATION DATA  
Apparatus for reading out information data stored on a transparent carrier in the form of diffraction screens by means of which the individual areas of the information carrier are read out...