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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186839 | Optical module for observing event or object An optical module that effectively observes a rapidly moving event or object is provided. The optical module includes first and second mirrors, and an optical signals detector, which are installed in a body thereof. The first mirror has a wide field of view and dete... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8144380 | Drive mechanism A drive mechanism @is comprised with a set comprising a plurality of magnetic bodies, means for supplying a frequency signal to said set, and means for producing movement caused by the attraction/repulsion between the magnetic bodies. The movement is the driving sou... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132928 | Stretched membrane solar collector An improved solar reflector utilizing a tensioned reflective membrane. The reflector structure includes a membrane attached on the outer surface of a metal strap that is positioned on an end form by means of a curved-face tensioning block. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118440 | Capture system and method equipped with at least one steerable deflecting mirror A capture system and method are provided for capturing an object utilizing at least one mirror. In use, a first angular dimension, a second angular dimension, and a curvature of the mirror are controlled for manipulating the capture of the object. By this design, a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8100543 | Display system and method equipped with at least one steerable deflecting mirror A display system and method are provided for displaying an object utilizing at least one mirror. In use, a first angular dimension, a second angular dimension, and a curvature of the mirror are controlled for manipulating the display of the object. By this design, a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098415 | Vibrating mirror element A vibrating mirror element includes a base member, a substrate made of metal, integrally formed with a mirror portion, a movable portion swingably supporting the mirror portion from both sides and functioning as a lower electrode, and a mounting portion supporting t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8002420 | Hydrostatic liquid-metal deformable optical elements Optical components and systems are disclosed that include an optical element and a base member. Multiple wells correspond to respective locations on a surface of the optical element. Liquid metal in the wells is coupled to the respective locations to apply respectiv... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7967456 | Scalable size deformable pocket mirror with on-pocket bimorph actuator The invention includes a deformable mirror for use in adaptive and active optical systems and in optical technology laser communication directed energy systems. The invention utilizes pockets formed in the back of the mirrors substrate. The pockets house actuators t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959310 | Optical arrangement and EUV lithography device with at least one heated optical element, operating methods, and methods for cleaning as well as for providing an optical element An optical arrangement, in particular a projection system, illumination system or beam shaping system for EUV lithography, including at least one optical element that is arranged in a beam path of the optical arrangement and that reflects radiation in the soft X-ray... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7874688 | Deformable mirror device, deformable mirror plate A deformable mirror device compensates the spherical aberration caused by the difference of thickness of the cover layers covering recording layers of an optical disc. Circular projections are concentrically arranged on a flexible member (2) where a mirror su... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871171 | Focusing-device for the radiation from a light source A focusing-device for the radiation from a light source (2) is provided with a collector mirror (1, 1′) which is arranged in a mount (24) and collects the light, in virtual or real terms, from the light source (2) at the second focus ( | 01/18/2011 |
| 7837340 | Telescope multiple discrete segment primary mirror A method and apparatus is configured for reflecting a beam of light incident at a primary mirror by rotating a first mirror segment to align a selected facet of the mirror segment to be generally orthogonal to the principal axis. The first mirror segment is translat... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837341 | Deformable mirror device A deformable mirror device includes a flexible member formed so as to be deformable and having a mirror surface formed on its front surface, and a pressure generating section configured so that a direction of generation of a pressure to be applied to the flexible me... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832879 | Heat dissipating layers in deformable mirrors This invention relates to improvements in thermal management in deformable mirrors. In particular, this invention relates to a deformable mirror comprising a heat spreader used to distribute thermal energy evenly across the mirror. Diamond material 104... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7708415 | Mirror structure having piezoelectric element bonded to a mirror substrate This invention concerns improvements relating to a deformable-mirror holder for holding a mirror in a desired position, to within accepted tolerances, even whilst the mirror is deforming or in a deformed state. More particularly but not exclusively, this invention r... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7628497 | Mirror unit, method of producing the same, and exposure apparatus and method using the mirror unit Disclosed are a mirror unit and a method of producing the same. In one preferred embodiment, the mirror unit includes a mirror with a multilayered film formed on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrat... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7618149 | Bimorph mirror with two piezoelectric layers separated by a central core of semirigid material The invention relates to a bimorph mirror presenting first and second layers (1, 2) of piezoelectric ceramic together with at least one electrode enabling at least one curvature of the mirror to be varied as a function of at least one electrical voltage appli... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7556388 | Thin nearly wireless adaptive optical device A thin nearly wireless adaptive optical device capable of dynamically modulating the shape of a mirror in real time to compensate for atmospheric distortions and/or variations along an optical material is provided. The device includes an optical layer, a substrate, ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7543948 | Multilayer mirror manufacturing method, optical system manufacturing method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a multilayer mirror that includes a substrate and a multilayer film formed on the substrate, and has a reflection surface shape includes the steps of estimating a surface shape variation amount as a difference between a surface shape of th... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7524072 | Optical component, comprising a material with a predetermined homogeneity of thermal expansion There is provided an optical component. The optical component includes a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion α, where the coefficient of thermal expansion is dependent on location. The following applies to the location-dependent coefficient of therma... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7494233 | Off-axis variable focus and aberration control mirrors and method An optical element with multi-layer composites that deforms to reduce optical aberrations in off-axis optic. Methods are also described in relation to the optical element. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490947 | Microoptic reflecting component The invention relates to active microoptic reflecting components for adapting or changing the focal length or focal position in optical systems. It is the object of the invention to make available a miniaturized reflecting microoptic component for focusing or defocu... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7452089 | Variable-shape mirror and optical pickup device therewith The variable-shape mirror is provided with a support base and a minor portion that is disposed to face the support base and that has on a side thereof facing away from the support base a minor surface which is irradiated with a light beam. There are also provided pi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7429113 | Thin, nearly wireless adaptive optical device A thin, nearly wireless adaptive optical device capable of dynamically modulating the shape of a mirror in real time to compensate for atmospheric distortions and/or variations along an optical material is provided. The device includes an optical layer, a substrate,... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429114 | Light-weight mirror blank assembly A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426013 | Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method An exposure apparatus illuminates a pattern on an original form, introduces light from the pattern to a plate, and exposes the plate. The exposure apparatus includes at least one optical element, and forcing member that applies a force to the at least one optical el... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422335 | Variable-shape mirror and optical pickup device therewith In a variable-shape mirror of which the shape of the mirror surface can be varied, a mirror portion is bonded only to a fixed portion and not to a piezoelectric element. When the piezoelectric element is not operating, the mirror portion, receiving a predetermined f... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410265 | Focusing-device for the radiation from a light source A focusing-device for the radiation from a light source (2) is provided with a collector mirror (1, 1′) which is arranged in a mount (24) and collects the light, in virtual or real terms, from the light source (2) at the second focus ( | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399093 | Reflection mirror of projection television and fabrication method thereof Disclosed is a reflection mirror of a projection television to prevent the frame of the projection television from being deformed and to fabricate the projection television with ease. The reflection mirror is fabricated by forming a plurality of ribs at a section of... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390100 | Variable-shape mirror and optical pickup device therewith A variable-shape mirror is provided with: a support base; a mirror portion that is disposed to face the support base and that has, on a side thereof facing away from the support base, a mirror surface which is irradiated with a light beam; fixed portions that fix th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387394 | Deformable mirror control device and device for observing retina of eye A deformable mirror control device is provided with improved response characteristic by devising the mode of control even if the deformable mirror has a large time constant in comparison with the response speed required in applications such as the retinal camera. Th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381934 | Closed loop compensation system and method for a deformable mirror A closed loop compensation system including a deformable mirror including an array of spaced actuators. An array of spaced sensors is mapped in optical space to reside between pairs of actuators. A lens system receives a wavefront from the deformable mirror and focu... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374301 | Stretched membrane device An improved device for reflecting, radiating, or receiving electromagnetic radiation, acoustic waves, or other energy forms through the use of a membrane stretched across a lightweight, round, frame structure. A near perfectly round and flat semi-rigid backplane sur... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374302 | Deformable mirror This invention relates to a hybrid deformable mirror. A deformable mirror is provided comprising a reflective surface provided on a substrate and a layer of deformable material attached to the substrate that is operable to deform the mirror and wherein the substrate... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372614 | Method of using deformable mirror using piezoelectric actuators formed as an integrated circuit A deformable optical device includes a reflection device having a first reflecting surface and a second surface, an actuator (e.g., an integrated circuit piezoelectric actuator) having a support device and moveable extensions extending therefrom, which are coupled t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369327 | Variable optical-property element and optical apparatus including the same A variable optical-property element includes a liquid crystal the pitch of twist is less than 60 times the wavelength of light used, so that a spatially uneven electric or magnetic field or temperature is applied to the liquid crystal to thereby form an index distri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365899 | Micromirror with multi-axis rotation and translation The present invention discloses a micromirror device with multi-axis rotational and translational motion. Newly introduced structure of the top electrode plate improves structural stability, flexibility, and more motion efficiency of the micromirror device. The inve... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362493 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356880 | Hinge structure of micromirror device A hinge structure includes a rotatable plate member, a frame member, a spring member that connects the rotatable plate member with the frame member at each of two opposite positions along a rotation axis. The spring member includes a first axial section, a second ax... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347572 | Telescope mirror for high bandwidth free space optical data transmission Optical mirror elements for high bandwidth free space optical communication are produced by an electroforming replication technique. Onto the precision surface of a mandrel that is a negative of the required optical surface a layer of metal is deposited forming an e... | 03/25/2008 |
