Optical arrangement having a concave mirror or concave grating

• US 4,707,056 A
• Filed: 12/12/1985
• Issued: 11/17/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
• Original Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
• Inventors: Bittner, Reinhold
• Primary Examiner(s): LaRoche, Eugene R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shingleton, Michael B.
• Application Number:
  US06/808,291
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• Field of Search: 356/326, 350/96.12, 350/96.15, 370/3, 351/176
• US Class Current: 385/31
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0205 Optical elements not provided otherwise, e.g. optical manifolds, diffusers, windows
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0256 Compact construction
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0259 Monolithic
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/18 using diffraction elements, e.g. grating gratings per se G02B
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/20 Rowland circle spectrometers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/29307 components assembled in or forming a solid transparent unitary block, e.g. for facilitating component alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/2931 Diffractive element operating in reflection
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4215 the intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements, e.g. variable wavelength optical modules or wavelength lockers G02B6/4246 takes precedence

Abstract

An optical arrangement for imaging a relatively small or slit-like surface is disclosed which includes a concave mirror or a concave grating. Astigmatism is corrected for the concave mirror or concave grating by mounting a slab waveguide at the surface which is to be imaged or at the image which is formed.

Claims

1. An optical arrangement comprising:

light-receiving means having a receiving surface for receiving reflected light thereon;

concave reflecting means for reflecting light from an object surface to form an image thereof on said receiving surface; and

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a slab waveguide disposed directly adjoining one of said surfaces for correcting any astigmatism associated with said reflecting means.

2. The optical arrangement of claim 1, said slab waveguide having a wave-guiding layer and two reflecting surfaces bounding said wave-guiding layer, said concave reflecting means being selected from the group consisting of a concave mirror and a concave grating.

3. The optical arrangement of claim 1, said slab waveguide having a wave-guiding layer and two reflecting surfaces bounding said wave-guiding layer, said reflecting surfaces being curved surfaces.

4. The optical arrangement of claim 3, said reflecting surfaces being concentric spherical surfaces.

5. The optical arrangement of claim 2, said wave-guiding layer being configured so as to cause said reflecting surfaces to conjointly define a wedge.

6. The optical arrangement of claim 1, wherein the optical arrangement is an illuminating device comprising a light source, said reflecting means being a concave mirror for reflecting the light coming from said light source and being part of said illuminating device.

7. The optical arrangement of claim 1, wherein the optical arrangement is a spectrometer and said reflecting means being a concave grating and forming part of said spectrometer.

8. The optical arrangement of claim 1, wherein the optical arrangement is a wavelength multiplexer and said reflecting means is a concave grating forming part of said wavelength multiplexer.

9. The optical arrangement of claim 8, said concave grating including at least two zones ruled by two diamond styluses, respectively, said styluses being formed differently from one another.

10. The optical arrangement of claim 1, wherein the optical arrangement is a wavelength demultiplexer and said reflecting means is a concave grating forming part of said wavelength demultiplexer.

11. The optical arrangement of claim 10, said concave grating including at least two zones ruled by two diamond styluses, respectively, said styluses being formed differently from one another.

12. The optical arrangement of claim 1, comprising second concave reflecting means for coacting with said first-mentioned concave reflecting means;

and, said slab waveguide being disposed between said first and second reflecting means for effecting imaging corrections for both of said reflecting means.

13. The optical arrangement of claim 1, comprising a light-conducting fiber disposed at one of said surfaces next to said slab waveguide, the index of refraction of the wave-guiding layer of said slab waveguide and the index of refraction of the core of said light-conducting fiber being substantially the same.