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Compact acousto-optical modulator

An acousto-optic modulator, compact technology, used in optics, instrumentation, nonlinear optics, etc., can solve problems such as adjustment troubles and high assembly costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-26
MICROVISION
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Also, adjusting the position of the known AOM relative to the laser beam is cumbersome, requiring an optical bench of considerable size with multiple degrees of freedom of motion
Known matching networks also use manually tunable components which contribute to high assembly costs

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[0032] Reference numeral 10 in FIG. 1 generally designates a hand-held instrument, such as a personal digital assistant, in which is mounted a light and compact image projection device 20 as shown in FIG. Project a 2D color image. For example, image 18 is located within a working distance range relative to instrument 10 .

[0033] As shown in FIG. 1 , the image 18 extends over an optical horizontal scan angle A extending along the horizontal direction of the image, and over an optical vertical scan angle B extending along the vertical direction of the image. As described below, the image comprises illuminated and non-illuminated pixels on a raster pattern of scan lines scanned by a scanner in the device 20 .

[0034] The parallelepiped shape of the instrument 10 represents only one form factor in which the housing of the device 20 can be realized. The instrument may be in the shape of a pen, a cellular phone, a clamshell, or a watch, as shown, for example, in U.S. Patent App...

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A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in color. A compact acousto-optical modulator is used to modulate a green laser beam used to produce the image.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to an acousto-optic modulator (AOM), a method of manufacturing the AOM, and an apparatus and method for adjusting the power of a laser beam using the AOM, particularly for use in color image projection systems for use in Project 2D color images while maintaining low power consumption, high resolution, small compact size, silent operation, and minimal vibration. Background technique [0002] It is generally known to project a two-dimensional image on a screen based on a pair of scanning mirrors oscillating in mutually orthogonal directions to scan a laser beam in a raster pattern. However, known image projection systems project images with limited resolution, typically less than a quarter of the quality of a Video Graphics Array (VGA) of 640x480 pixels, and not full color. [0003] In order to obtain a full-color image, red, blue and green lasers need to be pulsed at a frequency of about 100 MHz. Currently avail...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02F1/11
CPCH04N9/3129G02F1/113
Inventor 卡尔·维坦博格辛正
Owner MICROVISION