Illumination system eliminating laser speckle and projection TV employing the same
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1. An illumination system comprising:
- a laser light source including a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams including a plurality of beamlets;
a first diffractive optical element which separates the laser beams according to wavelength and which focuses the separated beams onto different segments of a second diffractive optical element; and
the second diffractive optical element which focuses and superimposes the plurality of beamlets of the laser beams transmitted by the first diffractive optical element, in order to spatially average the laser beams and to eliminate laser speckle,wherein the first diffractive optical element focuses the laser beams emitted by the laser light source so that the focused beams have concentric annular profiles.
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Provided are an illumination system and a projection TV employing the same. The illumination system includes: a laser light source including a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams including a plurality of beamlets; a first diffractive optical element which separates the laser beams according to wavelength and which focuses the separated beams onto different segments of a second refractive optical element; and the second diffractive optical element which focuses and superimposes a plurality of beamlets, of the laser beams transmitted by the first diffractive optical element, in order to spatially average the laser beams and to eliminate laser speckle.
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1. An illumination system comprising:
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a laser light source including a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams including a plurality of beamlets; a first diffractive optical element which separates the laser beams according to wavelength and which focuses the separated beams onto different segments of a second diffractive optical element; and the second diffractive optical element which focuses and superimposes the plurality of beamlets of the laser beams transmitted by the first diffractive optical element, in order to spatially average the laser beams and to eliminate laser speckle, wherein the first diffractive optical element focuses the laser beams emitted by the laser light source so that the focused beams have concentric annular profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A projection television comprising:
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a laser light source unit including a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams including a plurality of beamlets; a first diffractive optical element which separates the laser beams according to wavelength and which focuses the separated beams onto different segments of a second diffractive optical element according to wavelength; the second diffractive optical element which focuses and superimposes the plurality of beamlets of the laser beams transmitted by the first diffractive optical element, in order to spatially average the laser beams and to eliminating laser speckle; a display device which forms an image using the laser beams transmitted by the second diffractive optical element; and a projection lens unit which enlarges and projects the image onto a screen, wherein the first diffractive optical element focuses the laser beams emitted by the laser light source so that the focused beams have a concentric annular profiles. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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