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7604353 Deformable mirror device and apparatus for observing retina of eye  
It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided...
7554711 MEMS devices with stiction bumps  
An interferometric modulator comprising a substrate, a movable membrane and one or more stiction bumps disposed between the substrate and the movable membrane. The stiction bumps are configured to...
7553035 Method and apparatus for constructing a perfect trough parabolic reflector  
A coordinate system defines the length of the curve of a parabola used in constructing a parabolic trough reflector. The origin ( 0,0 ) of the coordinate system is at the bottom center of the...
7549759 Micro-electromechanical light modulator with enhanced contrast  
A system and method for increasing contrast in displays using micromechanical light modulators. Contrast is enhanced by an optical system that uses polarization to discriminate unmodulated light....
7473878 High power bimorph wave-front correction mirror  
A laser beam correction system and related methods of use and manufacture are provided. In one example, a laser beam correction system includes a mirror having a first surface and a second surface....
7468825 Spatial optical modulator with passivation layer  
Disclosed is an optical modulator including: a substrate; an insulation layer disposed on the substrate; a ribbon layer, a center portion of which is spaced apart from the insulation layer by a...
7399093 Reflection mirror of projection television and fabrication method thereof  
Disclosed is a reflection mirror of a projection television to prevent the frame of the projection television from being deformed and to fabricate the projection television with ease. The...
7388701 Optical modulator  
An optical modulator having a junction layer is disclosed. An optical modulator may be provided which includes a substrate, an insulation layer positioned on the substrate, a ribbon layer...
7381934 Closed loop compensation system and method for a deformable mirror  
A closed loop compensation system including a deformable mirror including an array of spaced actuators. An array of spaced sensors is mapped in optical space to reside between pairs of actuators. A...
7374301 Stretched membrane device  
An improved device for reflecting, radiating, or receiving electromagnetic radiation, acoustic waves, or other energy forms through the use of a membrane stretched across a lightweight, round,...
7264363 Deformable-mirror cooling  
This invention relates to a cooled deformable-mirror and its mount. A deformable mirror is provided comprising a reflective element provided on a substrate that is secured to a deformable element,...
7229178 Variable focal length deformable mirror  
A variable focal length deformable mirror has an inner ring and an outer ring that simply support and push axially on opposite sides of a mirror plate. The resulting variable clamping force deforms...
7180652 Mars optical modulators  
The specification describes an improved Moving Anti-Reflection Switch (MARS) device structure that largely eliminates charge build up on the movable membrane, and reduces stresses that cause...
7178945 Luminaire having a deformable reflector well  
An apparatus, system, and method for a luminaire with a light emitting device and a deformable reflector well is disclosed herein.
7126742 Electrostatic control of a membrane for adaptive optics and the like  
A membrane receives an incident energy signal at a first surface of the membrane. An actuating electrode, located adjacent to the membrane on a side opposite the first surface, applies an actuating...
7025468 Variable mirror, optical apparatus and decentered optical system which include variable mirror, variable-optical characteristic optical element or combination thereof  
A variable mirror that is readily formable and can be readily and precisely changed into various configurations as desired. The variable mirror includes a mirror body formed of an elastic or...
6999221 Bimorphic polymeric photomechanical actuator  
A bimorphic polymeric photomechanical actuator, in one embodiment using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a photosensitive body, transmitting light over fiber optic cables, and controlling the...
6994441 Adaptive reflecting system  
A system which features an actuator mechanism for controlling orientations of reflecting surfaces of an optical reflector or antenna is disclosed. As integrated into the system, the actuator may...
6986587 Variable-shape reflection mirror and method of manufacturing the same  
A variable-shape mirror comprises a flexible film having a plurality of electrodes and a reflective surface whose shape varies when electrostatic forces are applied to the electrodes. The...
6986586 Thin film mirror  
The thin-film mirror includes a pan-shaped housing having a pan surface and a hollow wall bordering the pan surface. The hollow wall has a mounting surface for thin reflecting film, which mounting...
6952304 Variable mirror and information apparatus comprising variable mirror  
A deformable mirror according to the invention comprises a substrate, a reflector which is supported by said substrate and the shape of whose reflecting areas is variable, and a plurality of drive...
6948821 Mirror for reflecting electromagnetic radiation as well as illumination and imaging method employing the same  
A mirror arrangement for reflecting electromagnetic radiation has a mirror body with a mirror side disposed towards the radiation to be reflected and at least one extension sensor located at the...
6945659 Apparatus for constructing a thin film mirror  
Apparatus ( 2 ) for constructing a thin film mirror, which apparatus ( 2 ) comprises a suction chamber ( 4 ), first attachment means ( 6 ) positioned at a first side ( 8 ) of the suction chamber (...
6886952 Variable shape mirror and its manufacturing method  
A variable shape mirror comprises a frame member having an opening, and a thin film having a first region including a reflecting plane and a second region of higher rigidity than the first region...
6869196 Variable-profile optical device including variable profile mirror and optical element including variable profile optical element  
A variable-profile optical device includes a light-transmission elastic member in which an elasticity of a first surface is set to be higher than that of a second surface disposed opposite to the...
6846085 Mitigating the effects of miniaturizing integrating spheres for fiber optic measurement  
An miniature integrating sphere has a spherical volume with walls of a material for reflecting light, a light inlet and a light outlet. The light inlet is offset from a diameter axis of the...
6843572 Form-error-cancelling mirror-support devices and related methods, and microlithography systems comprising same  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for peripherally supporting X-ray-reflective mirrors such as used in X-ray microlithography systems and other X-ray optical systems. The methods provide...
6820986 Precision formed membrane surface for electromagnetic radiation concentration and method of forming same  
A precision surface formed of a thin stretchable membrane. The shape and curvature of the formed surface are determined by the boundary over which the membrane is stretched, a forming pressure (if...
6801370 Imaging optical system  
An imaging optical system includes, in order from the object side, a negative lens, a first deformable mirror, an aperture stop, a positive lens unit, and a second deformable mirror. When a...
6752502 Parabolic membrane mirror having a shape-restorative force  
An optical quality, freestanding, compliant membrane mirror is cast with a concave parabolic shape, and includes a substrate and a reflective stress coating. The stress coating is in compression...
6739730 Optical pickup deformable mirror  
The present invention provides an optical pickup deformable mirror used for correcting a spherical aberration caused by a difference in thickness of a cover glass of a recording medium, wherein the...
6724517 Deformable mirror  
A deformable mirror ( 10 ) with an at least quasi-continuously deformable optically effective surface ( 12 ) has a floatingly supported mirror plate ( 11 ) which is positioned along its edge by a...
6679611 Adaptive, aluminized Mylar mirror  
An infrared beam is directed to the surface of a Mylar mirror, and the mirror reflects that beam. The reflected beam is detected, and data gleaned from the reflected beam is used to determine...
6657764 Very large angle integrated optical scanner made with an array of piezoelectric monomorphs  
A micromachined mirror scanning system having plural benders of morphs and support arms between a mirror surface of silicon and a surrounding frame. Electrical energization of the morphs with a DC...
6604832 Thin film mirror bond to plastic bead  
A multi-sided metal frame having a top surface is provided with a plastic bead on the surface, extending lengthwise of each side of the frame and spaced slightly inboard from the outer perimeter of...
6568647 Mounting apparatus for a deformable mirror  
A mounting apparatus for a deformable mirror that has a peripheral mounting portion with oppositely facing and parallel mounting surfaces. A base member and a mounting ring have juxtaposed...
6554438 High performance, low cost mirror for a rear projection television  
A video projection device includes a cabinet having front and rear sections and a projection tube for projecting a video image. The video projection device also includes a screen located in the...
6533426 Method of centrifugally casting a parabolic membrane mirror having a shape-restorative force  
A method for fabricating an optical quality, free-standing, compliant parabolic membrane mirror using an inverted parabolic mandrel created by rotating a liquid confined to a cylindrical polymer...
6513939 Micro-mirrors with variable focal length, and optical components comprising micro-mirrors  
A micro-mirror comprises a membrane of a dielectric polymer layer between two metal layers for supplying a high frequency ac voltage thereto for dielectric heating of the membrane, and a further...
6467915 Deformable mirror, in particular for a laser beam material machining apparatus  
In the case of a deformable mirror ( 11 ) with a mirror plate ( 13 ) which is in glass form in particular for high laser frequencies and an axial actuator ( 20 ) which concentrically engages the...
6462858 Fast attenuator  
The invention provides a fast variable optical attenuator including a reflective membrane that serves as a varifocal mirror. Electrostatic deflection of the mirror defocuses the optical system and...
6425671 Optical mirror flexing structure and assembly  
The present invention is a structure for holding and forming an optical mirror disc. A puller plate is attached to an elastic layer to the back surface of the mirror. A tensioner applies axial...
6412961 Rectifying mirror  
A mirror for use in a catadioptric system, is provided which is a substantially circular mirror having a rotationally symmetric cross section by a set of points substantially close to a curve...
6398372 Deformable mirror for laser beam  
A reflecting mirror of a deformable mirror for laser beam is disclosed, which is produced having a high heat conductivity, a low Young's modulus and a high 0.2% yield strength, so as to realize...
6343178 Micromachined voltage controlled optical attenuator  
This invention provides a very sensitive optical attenuator, which can be used to couple and attenuate optical signals between optical fibers with a wide range of attenuation level. Such an optical...
6332687 Plunger controlled, near-parabolic optical membrane mirror  
A membrane mirror having an optical quality spherical shape maintained by differential pressure takes a near parabolic shape when a plunger-induced displacement of the central area of the mirror is...
6328452 Securing structure for half mirror of 3-dimension monitor  
Frames of a half mirror which can control and maintain the angle of the half mirror of a 3D monitor include pair of upper frames installed at both sides of a case in a diagonal direction. The upper...
6293682 Reflecting panel adjusting mechanism  
A reflecting panel adjusting mechanism includes a support means for supporting a reflecting panel 1 at three points through spherical bearing units (7a, 7b and 7c) rotatable in all directions on...
6113242 Active edge controlled optical quality membrane mirror  
A thin membrane is mounted on an optically flat circular outer ring and stretched over a smaller optically flat circular inner ring. Differential pressure is applied to the annulus formed between...
6065843 Thin film mirror frame  
The present invention is a frame used to support a thin mirrored film. The frame has a front surface which includes a peripheral supporting ridge and an adhering surface. The adhering surface is...
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