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Number: 359/558
Name: Optical: systems and elements > Diffraction
Description: Subject matter wherein a light beam is split and caused to interfere with itself, which causes a change in the direction of the beam.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
359/566 From grating 678
359/565 From zone plate 330
359/559 Using fourier transform spatial filtering 269


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7609447 Programmable optical processing device employing stacked light modulator elements in fractional Fourier planes Oct. 27, 2009
7593150 Diffraction optical element, light beam detection device, optical scanner and image forming apparatus Sep. 22, 2009
7586686 Eyepiece for head mounted display system and method of fabrication Sep. 8, 2009
7583442 Extended depth of field optical systems Sep. 1, 2009
7576926 Spill light removing device Aug. 18, 2009
7576920 Transformable, applicable material and methods for using same for optical effects Aug. 18, 2009
7565076 Lens module with grating Jul. 21, 2009
7554732 Wavefront coded imaging systems Jun. 30, 2009
7554731 Wavefront coded imaging systems Jun. 30, 2009
7543940 Virtual input element image projection apparatus Jun. 9, 2009
7545573 Projector optical system, projector, and method for forming real image in use of projector optical system Jun. 9, 2009
7532772 Coding for compressive imaging May. 12, 2009
7491928 Extended optical traps by shape-phase holography Feb. 17, 2009
7485835 Imaging system having a plurality of vortex lenses Feb. 3, 2009
7474324 Printing apparatus using order-separation type optical modulator Jan. 6, 2009
7471454 Dynamic optical tag communicator and system using corner cube modulating retroreflector Dec. 30, 2008
7458691 Holographic combiners for illumination of spatial light modulators in projection systems Dec. 2, 2008
7446922 Interdigitating diffractive light modulator Nov. 4, 2008
7443586 Display device using single-panel diffractive light modulator Oct. 28, 2008
7443440 Color separator and imager Oct. 28, 2008
7440158 Direct optical image projectors Oct. 21, 2008
7436595 Extended depth of field optical systems Oct. 14, 2008
7418016 Method and apparatus for modifying the spread of a laser beam Aug. 26, 2008
7400449 System and method for reduction of image artifacts for laser projectors Jul. 15, 2008
7391570 Programmable optical processing device employing multiple controllable light modulator elements in fractional fourier transform planes Jun. 24, 2008
7391388 Segmented spectrum imaging system and method Jun. 24, 2008
7388181 Apparatus for adjusting applied voltage in display system using diffractive optical modulator Jun. 17, 2008
7348104 System and method for fabrication and replication of diffractive optical elements for maskless lithography Mar. 25, 2008
7292393 Variable illuminator and speckle buster apparatus Nov. 6, 2007
7247356 Privacy screen for a display Jul. 24, 2007
7247826 Optical pickup apparatus Jul. 24, 2007
7237940 Light guide plate with subwavelength grating and backlight module using the same Jul. 3, 2007
7232218 Bifocal multiorder diffractive lenses for vision correction Jun. 19, 2007
7218448 Extended depth of field optical systems May. 15, 2007
7213921 Color display device using dichroic filter May. 8, 2007
7194139 Image compression Mar. 20, 2007
7177089 Objective, optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus Feb. 13, 2007
7170661 Hologram recording medium and recording and reproducing system Jan. 30, 2007
7170681 Optical scanning device Jan. 30, 2007
7154672 Optical film having controlled scattering/transmitting characteristics Dec. 26, 2006
7142751 Methods and systems for chromatic dispersion compensation in switched grating WDM devices Nov. 28, 2006
7115849 Wavefront coding interference contrast imaging systems Oct. 3, 2006
7106510 Wavefront coded imaging systems Sep. 12, 2006
7093938 Bifocal multiorder diffractive lenses for vision correction Aug. 22, 2006
7095560 Diffractive optical device, refractive optical device, illumination optical system, exposure apparatus and exposure method Aug. 22, 2006
7090964 Lithographic printing with polarized light Aug. 15, 2006
7085062 Apparatus for shaping a light beam Aug. 1, 2006
7057786 Electro-optic array interface Jun. 6, 2006
7050235 Diffractive optical spectral filter having arbitrary amplitude and phase response May. 23, 2006
7050635 Multi-dimensional pattern recognition by use of digital holography May. 23, 2006

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