Optical system and method for use in projection systems
First Claim
1. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams;
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit comprising at least one inverse Dammann grating configured and operable for combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light.
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Abstract
An optical system and method are presented to produce a desired illuminating light pattern. The system comprises a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams; and a beam shaping arrangement. The beam shaping arrangement is configured as a diffractive optical unit configured and operable to carry out at least one of the following: (i) combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light; (ii) affecting intensity profile of the light beam to provide the illuminating light of a substantially rectangular uniform intensity profile.
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80 Claims
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1. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams;
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit comprising at least one inverse Dammann grating configured and operable for combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
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64. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams;
- and a beam shaping arrangement comprising;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit comprising an inverse Dammann grating assembly configured and operable to combine an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68)
- and a beam shaping arrangement comprising;
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69. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams;
- and a beam shaping arrangement comprising;
the beam shaping arrangement comprising an inverse Dammann grating assembly configured and operable to combine said plurality thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light.
- and a beam shaping arrangement comprising;
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70. A method for producing illuminating light of a desired pattern, the method comprising producing structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams;
- and applying beam shaping to the structure light, said beam shaping comprising passing the structured light through a diffractive optical unit comprising an inverse Dammann grating thereby combining multiple light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light.
- View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system comprising at least one light source element generating at least one light beam, and a light splitting unit for splitting the at least one light beam into an array of spatially separated light beams;
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit configured and operable to carry out at least one of the following;
(i) combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light;
(ii) affecting intensity profile of the light beam to provide the illuminating light of a substantially rectangular uniform intensity profile. - View Dependent Claims (77)
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
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78. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams, said light source system comprising at least one pumping light source arrangement and at least one non-linear optical medium to be pumped by light generated by said at least one pumping light source arrangement;
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit configured and operable to carry out at least one of the following;
(i) combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light;
(ii) affecting intensity profile of the light beam to provide the illuminating light of a substantially rectangular uniform intensity profile.
- and a beam shaping arrangement;
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79. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising:
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a light source system configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a plurality of spatially separated light beams; and
a beam shaping arrangement;the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit configured and operable to carry out at least one of the following;
(i) combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light;
(ii) affecting intensity profile of the light beam to provide the illuminating light of a substantially rectangular uniform intensity profile; anda control unit associated with the light source system, said control unit being preprogrammed to carry out a sequencing mechanism to thereby sequentially actuate a plurality of light source elements in accordance with a predetermined pattern.
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80. An optical system configured to provide a desired illuminating light pattern, the system comprising:
- a light source system comprising at least one multi-pixel diffractive optical phase mask configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a predetermined pattern of spatially separated light beams; and
a beam shaping arrangement;
the beam shaping arrangement being configured as a diffractive optical unit configured and operable to carry out at least one of the following;
(i) combining an array of the spatially separated light beams into a single light beam thereby significantly increasing intensity of the illuminating light;
(ii) affecting intensity profile of the light beam to provide the illuminating light of a substantially rectangular uniform intensity profile.
- a light source system comprising at least one multi-pixel diffractive optical phase mask configured and operable to produce structured light in the form of a predetermined pattern of spatially separated light beams; and
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