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Apparatus for the collection and transmission of electromagnetic radiation

  • US 7,369,735 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2007
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of propagating collected incident radiation to a remote location, the method comprising:

  • receiving the incident radiation from at least a first direction;

    redirecting the incident radiation with a light directing component into a first propagation component having a plurality of windows contained therein, the light directing component being coupled to a buffer component configured to optically separate the light directing component and the first propagation component and to retain the incident radiation in the first propagation component;

    propagating the incident radiation into a collector region through one of the plurality of windows within the first propagation component;

    advancing the incident radiation within the collector region generally towards an end of the collector region, the radiation encountering a plurality of regions exhibiting a refractive index value that gradually transitions from about 1.5 to about 2.0 while advancing towards the end of the collector region; and

    directing the incident radiation into an optical transport assembly having a second propagation component, the second propagation component being configured to retain the incident radiation therein for being propagated to the remote location.

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