SPACE-COMPRESSING METHODS, MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS, AND IMAGING DEVICES AND SYSTEM USING SAME

SPACE-COMPRESSING METHODS, MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS, AND IMAGING DEVICES AND SYSTEM USING SAME

Described are various embodiments of space-compressing methods, materials, devices, and systems, and imaging or optical devices and systems using same. In one embodiment, an optical system comprises an optical convergence element having a defined optical path convergence distance and disposed so to...

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Hauptverfasser: LUNDEEN, JEFFREY STEPHEN, BEARNE, KATHERINE KARLA MISAYE, ALHULAYMI, ALI HUSSAIN H, RESHEF, ORAD, GINER, LAMBERT, PAGE, JORDAN THEODORE ROGER, BOYD, ROBERT WILLIAM, DELMASTRO, MICHAEL PATRICK
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:Described are various embodiments of space-compressing methods, materials, devices, and systems, and imaging or optical devices and systems using same. In one embodiment, an optical system comprises an optical convergence element having a defined optical path convergence distance and disposed so to produce converging optical rays along an optical convergence path to converge at said distance; an optical space-compression medium disposed along the optical convergence path to intersect the converging optical rays to compress a resulting optical convergence distance by imparting an inward transverse translation of the converging optical rays while substantially maintaining respective incident convergence angles upon output.