Optical converter formed from flexible strips
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1. A fiber optic faceplate, comprising:
- a series of stacked ribbon structures, each ribbon structure comprising a single row of adjacent optical fibers, each optical fiber running from an input edge to an output edge of said ribbon structure, the length of each optical fiber thereby determining a depth dimension of said ribbon structure, each fiber having, relative to an adjacent fiber, an input spacing at said input edge and an output spacing at said output edge for directing light from an input position to an output position respectively, wherein the input spacing at the input edge is provided by a first spacer having a first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a first variable angle along the length of the first spacer and the output spacing at the output edge is provided by a second spacer having a second constant thickness different from the first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a second variable angle along the length of the second spacer.
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Abstract
A fiber optic faceplate fabricated using a series of stacked ribbon structures. Each ribbon structure comprises optical fiber segments that run from an input edge to an output edge with fixed input and output fiber-to-fiber spacing. Input and output edge spacers may be used to provide spacing between stacked ribbon structures. Ribbon structures may be provided individually or as one or more sheets of ribbon structures.
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1. A fiber optic faceplate, comprising:
a series of stacked ribbon structures, each ribbon structure comprising a single row of adjacent optical fibers, each optical fiber running from an input edge to an output edge of said ribbon structure, the length of each optical fiber thereby determining a depth dimension of said ribbon structure, each fiber having, relative to an adjacent fiber, an input spacing at said input edge and an output spacing at said output edge for directing light from an input position to an output position respectively, wherein the input spacing at the input edge is provided by a first spacer having a first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a first variable angle along the length of the first spacer and the output spacing at the output edge is provided by a second spacer having a second constant thickness different from the first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a second variable angle along the length of the second spacer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image forming device comprising:
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(a) an emissive device comprising a spaced array of light-emitting components; and (b) a fiber optic faceplate, comprising a plurality of stacked ribbon structures, each ribbon structure a single row of adjacent optical fibers, each optical fiber running from an input edge to an output edge of said ribbon structure, the length of each optical fiber thereby determining a depth dimension of said ribbon structure, each fiber having, relative to an adjacent fiber, an input spacing at said input edge and an output spacing at said output edge for directing light from an input position to an output position respectively, wherein the input spacing at the input edge is provided by a first spacer having a first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a first variable angle along the length of the first spacer and the output spacing at the output edge is provided by a second spacer having a second constant thickness different from the first constant thickness and the optical fibers are arranged at a second variable angle along the length of the second spacer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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