51 results about "Focal line" patented technology

A hybrid scanning antenna including: a reflector having a focal line; a first mechanical movement to move the reflector about a first axis; a second mechanical movement to move the reflector about a second axis; a linear array fixedly disposed along the focal line to electronically scan at a scan angle about a third axis; and a controller to control the first mechanical movement, the second mechanical movement and the scan angle of the linear array to orient the hybrid scanning antenna to a look angle of a remote transceiver.

A spectacle lens design includes an aperture and at least two ring-shaped focusing structures surrounding the aperture. The aperture has a dioptric power, and the ring-shaped focusing structures surrounding the aperture provide an additional power relative to the dioptric power of the aperture. A ring-shaped diffuser is arranged between neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can adjoin each other with a ring-shaped contact line between them forming the ring-shaped diffuser. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can also be arranged at a distance to each other and at least one of the ring-shaped focusing structures provides a ring shaped focal line. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can also be arranged at a distance to each other and at least one of the ring-shaped focusing structures consists of lenslets that adjoin each other so as to form a ring of lenslets and provides a plurality of foci along a ring shaped line.

The utility model discloses a kind of visual calibration device of astigmatism eye focal line, comprising: axial position scale board, board face is printed with E-type visual target for distant visual detection;Cross visual target disc, coaxially rotatably embedded in through-hole;Several groups of pinholes, each group is arranged along visual target line two sides straight line, pinhole center connecting line is parallel with corresponding visual target line;Fixed shaft is through cross visual target disc center, and is mechanically connected with transmission device;LED light source, set in axial position scale board back surface.The utility model has beneficial effect: the utility model can provide clear and visible and invariable measured astigmatism eye objective existence astigmatism focal line of the person being examined, and can accurately determine the clear criterion that cross visual target line coincides with the focal line, so as to maximumly improve the accuracy of astigmatism eye astigmatism axial calibration, reduce the deviation of calibration astigmatism axial direction and actual astigmatism axial direction, improve determination accuracy and determination work efficiency.

The present application relates to the technical field of laser imaging, and in particular to a high-precision dynamic coupling method and device for a variable-tapered curved crystal and an X-ray streak camera, the method comprising: under the same optical path, respectively irradiating a variable-tapered curved crystal with a visible light source and X-rays, so that the variable-tapered curved crystal forms a visible light source focal line and an X-ray focal line on an imaging plate; acquiring position information of the visible light source focal line and the X-ray focal line by means of an image acquisition device, and extracting a focal line relative deviation; coupling the variable-tapered curved crystal and the X-ray streak camera by means of a three-dimensional adjustment mechanism, and continuously irradiating the variable-tapered curved crystal with the visible light source; and adjusting the position of the variable-tapered curved crystal by means of the three-dimensional adjustment mechanism according to the image acquisition device and the focal line relative deviation, so that the X-ray focal line coincides with a cathode slit of the X-ray streak camera. The purpose is to achieve high-precision coupling of the variable-tapered curved crystal and the X-ray streak camera.

The invention discloses a nano-cavity sensor for efficiently exciting fluorescence. The nano-cavity sensor comprises a quartz substrate layer, a micro-lens layer and a metal film layer which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top, the micro-lens layer is located above the quartz substrate layer and comprises a plurality of spherical-table-shaped micro-lenses protruding upwards; and the metal film layer is positioned on the quartz substrate layer and the micro lens layer, and is provided with through nano holes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the centers of the top planes of the table-shaped micro lenses. When exciting light enters, the spherical table type micro lens can focus a light beam emitted into the lens cavity from the bottom to the bottom of the nanopore to form a zero-mode waveguide effect, and fluorescent substances in the nanopore are excited through an evanescent field. The spherical table type micro lens modulates the direction of an excitation light beam, the light beam is converted into local enhanced excitation from parallel incidence, modulation of excitation photoelectric magnetic field distribution at the bottom of a nanopore and in a nanocavity in a solution environment is achieved, and distribution of an electromagnetic field is described by using a caustics line. According to the device, the excitation efficiency of a light path system on fluorescence is remarkably improved.

Eyeglass lens, eyeglass lens kit and method of providing an eyeglass lens design. An eyeglass lens is provided comprising an aperture having a refractive power and at least two annular focusing structures surrounding the aperture, the annular focusing structures providing an additional power of at least 0.5 dpt with respect to the refractive power provided by the aperture, at least one annular focusing structure consisting of lenslets abutting each other to form a ring of lenslets and providing a plurality of foci along an annular line, adjacent annular focusing structures being spaced apart from each other, characterized in that at least one annular focusing structure provides an annular focal line, an annular diffuser being arranged between and contiguously abutting adjacent annular focusing structures, one of the adjacent annular focusing structures consisting of lenslets abutting each other to form a ring of lenslets and providing a plurality of foci along an annular line, while the other of the adjacent annular focusing structures provides an annular focal line.

The present application relates to the technical field of vehicle lamps. Disclosed are a low-beam widening focal line lens, a related lens module and a lighting module. The low-beam widening focal line lens comprises a first curved surface, a first total reflection surface and a second total reflection surface that are integrally formed. A beam of parallel light is incident on the first curved surface, converged by the first curved surface, then reflected by the first total reflection surface and the second total reflection surface, and converged to a focal line. By means of the integrally formed focal line lens structure, vertical focusing is achieved, such that horizontal and vertical focusing are separated, and the vertical focal length is greater than the horizontal focal length, thereby helping to achieve a low-beam widened light pattern that is wide in the horizontal direction and narrow in the vertical direction; the integrally formed focal line lens is a single-layer lens, which effectively reduces Fresnel loss; total reflection can be used to fold an optical path and shorten the size, which reduces the volume and weight of the lens while improving the optical efficiency, thereby facilitating energy saving and cost saving; with less refraction, the projected light pattern exhibits low chromatic dispersion and good color uniformity; and the lens has good consistency in static appearance, thereby helping to meet different styling requirements.

The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile lamps, and discloses an optical structure capable of achieving even lightening, an automobile lamp and an automobile. The optical structure capable of being lightened uniformly comprises a first optical unit, a second optical unit and a third optical unit, the second optical unit is arranged above the first optical unit, and the second optical unit is of a reflection structure; the reflected light and the incident light are converged by the first optical unit and then are reflected by the second optical unit, so that uniform light emission is realized; the first optical unit is provided with a focal point or a focal line, and the inner wall of the second optical unit is provided with patterns used for reflecting and evenly distributing light. Light rays are gathered through the light gathering structure of the first optical unit, the light distribution patterns on the inner surface of the reflection structure of the second optical unit are evenly distributed, and the light ray uniformity and the lighting effect utilization rate are remarkably improved. The automobile lamp is flexible in structure and suitable for various application scenes such as automobile lamps.

The application provides a sectional CPC solar concentrator and a design method thereof. A compound parabolic reflector is fixed in a frame. A flat plate receiving surface is a heat absorbing surface of a flat plate light receiving body. The compound parabolic reflector is symmetrically arranged on both sides of the flat plate receiving surface. The compound parabolic reflector is composed of multiple sub-reflectors. The sub-reflectors are sequentially connected in a head-to-tail mode. The focal lines of the sub-reflectors on the flat plate receiving surface are evenly arranged from the middle to both sides. The focal lines of the sub-reflectors are different and parallel to each other. The sectional design of the traditional trough type parabolic concentrator profile is adopted, so that the energy flow density on the flat plate receiving surface is evenly distributed in multiple focal lines. The uniformity of the energy flow density distribution on the flat plate receiving surface of the concentrator is effectively improved. The thermal stress concentration on the flat plate receiving surface is greatly reduced. The service life of the concentrator is effectively prolonged.

The optical system comprises an imaging unit, at least part of the contour line of the imaging unit is a parabola, and a focal point F of the parabola forms a focal line a in the normal direction; the light source corresponds to the imaging unit, and the center of the light source is arranged along the focal line a; the mirror surface is perpendicular to the focal line a and is at least arranged on one side of the light source; one part of light emitted by the light source is directly emitted after being reflected by the imaging unit, one part of the light is reflected to the mirror surface through the imaging unit and then emitted after being reflected by the mirror surface, and one part of the light is directly emitted to the mirror surface and then emitted after being reflected. According to the optical system capable of lighting uniformly and the vehicle lamp, the brightness of corners / edges can be improved, and the effect of lighting uniformly is achieved.

The utility model discloses a reflective headlamp optical system, which comprises a light source, a primary optical unit, a first imaging part and a second imaging part, the primary optical unit is located in the light emitting direction of the light source and used for adjusting the emitting angle of light emitted by the light source. The first imaging part is located in the light emitting direction of the primary optical unit, and the first imaging part is used for reflecting the light rays adjusted by the primary optical unit; the second imaging part is located in the light emitting direction of the first imaging part, and the second imaging part is used for reflecting and emitting light passing through the first imaging part; the first imaging part is provided with a first focal line in the first direction, the second imaging part is provided with a second focal line in the second direction, the first focal line and the second focal line form a focus area of the whole optical system, and the optical system has the advantages of being even in lighting and avoiding dispersion.

The invention discloses focus ray paraboloid detection equipment and a use method, and belongs to the field of solar reflector precision detection. The device comprises a ray source, a scale and a keel, rays of the ray source or an extension line of the rays penetrate through a paraboloid focus to be detected, a dial corresponding to the ray source is arranged on the scale, an original point of the dial and an intersection point ray source are located on the same paraboloid, and the ray source and the scale which are located on the same paraboloid are fixedly connected through a support. The focus ray paraboloid detection unit is called as a focus ray paraboloid detection unit; the number of the focus ray paraboloid detection units is two or more, the focus ray paraboloid detection units are connected through the keel, and the focus ray paraboloid detection units are arranged in parallel and are perpendicular to the keel. By adopting the paraboloid detection equipment, the system error caused by the detection according to the theoretical paraboloid focal line of the traditional paraboloid detection equipment is eliminated, and the optical interception rate of the heat collector is improved.

A spectacle lens design includes an aperture and at least two ring-shaped focusing structures surrounding the aperture. The aperture has a dioptric power, and the ring-shaped focusing structures surrounding the aperture provide an additional power relative to the dioptric power of the aperture. A ring-shaped diffuser is arranged between neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can adjoin each other with a ring-shaped contact line between them forming the ring-shaped diffuser. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can also be arranged at a distance to each other and at least one of the ring-shaped focusing structures provides a ring shaped focal line. Neighboring ring-shaped focusing structures can also be arranged at a distance to each other and at least one of the ring-shaped focusing structures consists of lenslets that adjoin each other so as to form a ring of lenslets and provides a plurality of foci along a ring shaped line.

The application discloses a spectrometer, which comprises an incident light, a collimating lens group, a cylindrical lens array, an F-P flat plate, a grating, a focusing lens group and a light signal processing assembly arranged in sequence along an optical axis; the collimating lens group, the cylindrical lens array, the F-P flat plate, the grating, the focusing lens group and the light signal processing assembly are coaxially arranged in the same height; the cylindrical lens array and the F-P flat plate are arranged in parallel and are inclined to one side so that the focal line of the cylindrical lens array is focused on the incident surface of the F-P flat plate; a slit array is arranged on the incident surface of the F-P flat plate; the slit array comprises a plurality of incident slits arranged on the incident surface of the F-P flat plate and equidistant along the Y-axis direction; a high reflection film is arranged on the incident surface of the F-P flat plate, and a reflection film is arranged on the exit surface; the spectrometer has the advantages of reducing the incident loss, increasing the light intensity, improving the detection signal strength, increasing the sensitivity detection and improving the detection precision; and the application further discloses a spectrum detection method, which has the advantages of improving the detection signal strength and increasing the sensitivity detection.

The device and method according to the invention serve for the non- destructive detection of bulk defects in semiconductor wafers (W) and for determining their depth distribution. In the solution according to the invention, illumination is performed from a polished surface of the semiconductor wafer (W) without breaking the wafer (W), by focussing an illumination beam (11) into the vicinity of a focal line (13) and detecting the light (14) scattered by the illuminated bulk defects. Satisfactory accuracy in determining the depth distribution of the bulk defects is achieved by forming an intermediate image from the scattered light (14) collected by an objective (21 ) using a bi-telecentric optical system (43), and masking part of the intermediate image with an aperture (42), preferably a slit, so that at any given time only the scattered light (14) arriving from a selected small spatial region reaches a detector (44). By coordinated movement — at least in the depth direction — of the systems performing illumination and imaging relative to the semiconductor wafer (W), the depth distribution of the bulk defects is also determined.

The present invention refers to an optical filter (100) comprising an inlet surface (101) and an outlet surface (102) which are substantially flat and parallel, a plurality of locally planar and mutually locally parallel visible light absorbing sectors (108) extending between the inlet surface (101) and the outlet surface (102) for a sector length (L), and a plurality of solid transparent sectors (103) made with at least one solid material transparent to visible light, each transparent sector (103) of the plurality of transparent sectors being interposed between two absorbing sectors (108) to create an alternation of transparent sectors (103) and absorbing sectors (108) adjacent to and in contact with each other, wherein each visible light absorbing sector (108) of the plurality of visible light absorbing sectors (108) borders at most two transparent sectors (103) of the plurality of transparent sectors (103), and / or wherein a distance between adjacent absorbing sectors (108) of the plurality of absorbing sectors (108) is substantially constant, wherein each transparent sector (103) of the plurality of transparent sectors is locally arranged and configured to have such a refractive power that, given a first collimated light (201) which impinges on the inlet surface (101) along an incidence direction (D) at a local region of the inlet surface (101), the transparent sector (103) focuses the first collimated light (201) along a first focal line (203) orthogonal to a local plane of incidence (P), and / or gives a second collimated light (202) which impinges the outlet surface (102) along an incidence direction (D) at a local region of the inlet surface (101), the transparent sector (103) focuses the second collimated light (202) along a second focal line (204) orthogonal to a local plane of incidence (P), wherein a plane orthogonal to the inlet surface (101) and containing a normal (N) to an absorbing sector (108) of the plurality of absorbing sectors D at the local region of the inlet surface (101) defines the local plane of incidence (P), and the intersection between the local plane of incidence (P) and the surface of an absorbing sector (108) defines the incidence direction (D) substantially common to the whole inlet surface (101).

The application relates to a focal ray parabolic surface detection device and a use method, and belongs to the field of solar reflector precision detection. The application comprises a ray source, a scale and a keel. The rays of the ray source or the extension lines thereof pass through the focal points of a parabolic surface to be detected. A scale dial corresponding to the ray source is arranged on the scale. The origin and the intersection point of the scale dial are located on the same parabolic surface as the ray source. The ray source and the scale located on the same parabolic surface are connected and fixed through a support, and are called a 'focal ray parabolic surface detection unit'. The focal ray parabolic surface detection unit has two or more than two units, and the units are connected through a keel. The units are arranged in parallel with each other and are perpendicular to the keel. The parabolic surface detection device eliminates the system error caused by the detection of a theoretical parabolic focal line of a traditional parabolic surface detection device, and improves the optical interception rate of a heat collector.

The application relates to a kind of bilinear focusing type focal length adjustable solar energy collector. It is composed of collector frame, bilinear light collecting plate, alternate heat supply type heat collecting pipe, heat collecting pipe clamp, floating support beam, washer, butterfly nut and bolt, wherein the bilinear light collecting plate is installed on the top of the collector frame, two floating support beams are installed on the middle of the left and right ends of the collector frame through the washer and butterfly nut, each floating support beam is installed with two heat collecting pipe clamps through the washer, butterfly nut and bolt, and the heat collecting pipe clamps on the two floating support beams are opposite to each other, two alternate heat supply type heat collecting pipes are installed in the heat collecting pipe clamps, and the installation positions of the floating support beam and heat collecting pipe clamp can be adjusted through the butterfly nut and washer, so as to ensure that the focusing focal line is completely shot into the alternate heat supply type heat collecting pipe.

The invention provides a light guide assembly, a signal lamp and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of vehicle signal lamps. The light guide assembly comprises a reflector, the reflector comprises a reflecting surface, the reflecting surface is opposite to a light emitting surface of a light source, the reflecting surface is used for reflecting light rays of the light source and converging the light rays on a first focal line, and the first focal line extends in a first direction; the light guide part is arranged on one side of the reflecting mirror, the light guide part comprises a light inlet face and a light outlet face which are oppositely arranged in the second direction, the light outlet face is located on the side, away from the reflecting mirror, of the light inlet face, and the light rays gathered on the first focal line enter the light guide part through the light inlet face and are emitted out through the light outlet face; the size of the light guide part in the first direction is larger than the size of the light guide part in the third direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to one another. Therefore, the ultra-narrow opening of the signal lamp is realized, and the lighting effect is improved.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of car light, specifically relates to a special-shaped lens, optical system and car light, wherein the special-shaped lens includes: the special-shaped lens has rotation axis L1, and the acute angle beta 1 is formed between rotation axis L1 and the direction of driving, the intersection of the arbitrary plane containing rotation axis L1 and the special-shaped lens forms the contour line, the contour line rotates around rotation axis L1 and forms the special-shaped lens, and the contour line has focal point F, and focal point F is located on rotation axis L1. The utility model can collimate the light ray of focal point F on rotation axis L1 after passing through the special-shaped lens in the arbitrary plane containing rotation axis L1, so the special-shaped lens can realize half collimation function, and then can provide the focal line of arbitrary direction for the next light emitting unit, and the focal line is the rotation axis L1 of the special-shaped lens, so as to ensure that the optical axis of the whole optical system is still parallel to the direction of driving even in the case of the light axis deviation of the light emitting unit in the inclined car light modeling, and the projected light is located in the road center.

The invention relates to a method of structuring a glass element, in which a laser beam of an ultrashort pulse laser is directed onto a glass element, which is transparent to the laser beam, at least one filament-like defect is produced in the glass element, which extends transversely to the side of the glass element, the filament-like defect is produced by the laser beam, which is focused by means of focusing optics to form a focal line in the glass element (1), wherein the intensity of the laser beam within the focal line is sufficient to produce the filament-like defect, the focal line is adjusted so that the filament-like defect ends within the glass element (1), the glass element is exposed to an etching bath, the glass is removed by etching, so that the filament-like defect widens to form a wall which extends between the opposite sides of the glass element, the wall has a boundary line, which tapers at the apex between the wall and the adjacent side, has a taper angle with respect to the perpendicular of the side, the taper angle is adjusted by at least one of the position and the intensity profile of the focal line.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of car lamps, and particularly relates to a reflective optical structure suitable for function multiplexing, which comprises at least one reflecting part, at least one reflecting part and at least one reflecting part, the section line of the reflecting part in the vertical plane comprises a parabola, and the parabola has a focus F; the reflection part is formed by extending the section line along the normal direction of the plane where the section line is located, and the reflection part is provided with a focal line; a light source capable of emitting at least two light colors is arranged on the focal line, and the light colors emitted by the light source comprise the first light color and the second light color; the light emitting centers of the first light color and the second light color are located on the focal line of the reflecting part, and after light emitted by the first light color and the second light color is reflected by the reflecting part, the projection of the light in the horizontal plane is emitted by taking the respective directrix as the original point. The reflective optical structure suitable for function multiplexing has the effects of improving the lighting effect and improving the uniformity.

The application discloses a method for installing a slot type solar vacuum heat collecting tube in a biasing mode based on a critical biasing amount, which comprises the following steps: when the slot type solar vacuum heat collecting tube is biased, the geometric axis of the heat absorbing tube in the heat collecting tube deviates from the focal line downward, the biasing amount corresponding to the tangent point between the edge of the reflected light beam of the edge point of the parabolic reflector below the slot type solar vacuum heat collecting tube and the heat absorbing tube is taken as the heat absorbing tube biasing amount; the difference between the heat absorbing tube biasing amount and the maximum deflection of the heat absorbing tube under the action of gravity is taken as the critical biasing amount, and the slot type solar vacuum heat collecting tube is installed in a biasing mode according to the critical biasing amount. The slot type solar heat collecting system is installed in a biasing mode with the critical biasing amount downward, so that the solar flow density distribution of the surface of the heat absorbing tube in the heat collecting tube is more uniform under the premise of ensuring the optical efficiency of the system, the temperature gradient, stress and deformation of the heat absorbing tube are reduced, the safety performance is improved, and the method is suitable for slot type solar heat collecting systems with different geometric parameters.

The invention provides a lens module, a signal lamp and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of vehicle signal lamps. The lens module comprises a first optical unit and a second optical unit, the first optical unit and the second optical unit are of an integrally-formed structure, and the second optical unit is located on the side, in the first direction, of the first optical unit. The first optical unit comprises a light collecting surface and a total reflection surface, the light collecting surface is used for guiding light rays emitted by the light source to the total reflection surface, the total reflection surface is used for reflecting the light rays of the light source and converging the light rays on a first focal line, the first focal line extends in the second direction, and the light rays enter the second optical unit after passing through the first focal line; the size of the second optical unit in the second direction is larger than the size of the second optical unit in the third direction, the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular pairwise, and a light emitting face is formed on the side, away from the first optical unit, of the second optical unit. Therefore, the ultra-narrow opening of the signal lamp is realized, the light loss is reduced, and the lighting effect is improved.

The invention discloses a double-sided photovoltaic-photo-thermal integrated composite power generation device and a rotatable composite power generation device. The condensation assembly is composed of hyperboloid reflectors and parabolic reflectors, the hyperboloid reflectors at the upper end of the condensation assembly are used for reflecting sunlight to a double-sided solar photovoltaic cell panel for photoelectric conversion, and the parabolic reflectors at the lower end of the condensation assembly are used for gathering the sunlight to a heat collection pipe at the focal line of the parabolic reflectors for photo-thermal conversion. A heat transfer medium in the heat energy circulation assembly absorbs heat generated in the power generation process of the photovoltaic panel and then is guided into the heat collection pipe, and the heat transfer medium serves as circulation cooling liquid and also serves as a photo-thermal heat collection material. On one hand, the heat energy circulation assembly absorbs heat energy of the double-sided solar photovoltaic cell panel, it is guaranteed that the double-sided solar photovoltaic cell panel works at the proper working temperature, the photoelectric conversion efficiency is high, and meanwhile the service life of the photovoltaic cell panel is prolonged; on the other hand, the overall heat energy utilization rate is improved, and occupied area is reduced.

The invention discloses an LED display module dynamic adjusting mechanism with a self-adaptive cambered surface, and relates to the technical field of LED display. The LED display screen comprises a display panel, a display driving module, a side lamp module, a light reflecting module and a cylindrical lens. The splicing side of the display panel is coated with a light guide coating, the display driving module is located on the back side of the panel and provided with a power adjusting module, the side lamp module comprises spotlight beads and is electrically connected with the driving module, the light reflecting modules are provided with light grooves and reflecting slopes, the cylindrical lenses are installed between the adjacent light reflecting modules, and the focal lines of the cylindrical lenses are aligned with the splicing position of the panel. The power of the shared panel is collected through the driving module, the power of the spotlight is adjusted according to scenes, light is reflected by the light reflection module and focused to the splicing position through the cylindrical lens, and the light is diffused through the light guide coating. According to the mechanism, seamless brightness transition between the splicing gap and the display panel body is achieved, visual faults are eliminated, energy-saving output control is achieved, and the mechanism is suitable for high-end venue LED display.

Sample optic assemblies are described that may have at least one optical element that is positioned and has one or more surfaces shaped to focus separate sections of a collimated excitation light beam to: (a) create at least one focal point or at least one focal line at one or more portions of a surface or an interior of a sample while compensating for optical aberrations that are created by an optical window or a transparent container that is adjacent the sample to reduce the size of and / or sharpen the at least one focal spot or the at least one focal line; (b) to create a plurality of focal spots, an array of discrete focal spots, at least one focal line, or at least one focal circle, at one or more portions of a surface or an interior of the sample or (c) to achieve (a) and (b).

The present disclosure relates to an adjustable solar thermal panel for optimizing solar efficiency independently of the orientation and inclination of a supporting surface the panel being configured as a modular unit, comprising: a fixed external housing configured to be rigidly mounted to a roof, façade or other support without external inclination adjustment; an internal optical-thermal module arranged within the housing and comprising: at least one thermal absorber including at least one hydraulic tube for conveying a heat-transfer fluid; a plurality of parabolic reflective elements configured to concentrate incident solar radiation onto the hydraulic tube along a longitudinal focal line; a sealed internal chamber formed within the housing and enclosing the internal optical-thermal module, the sealed internal chamber being configured to reduce convective heat losses; and an internal mechanical adjustment mechanism comprising a worm screw mechanism mechanically coupled to the internal optical-thermal module and configured to adjust an angular position of the optical-thermal module relative to the fixed external housing; wherein the internal mechanical adjustment mechanism defines at least four predefined angular positions of the optical-thermal module corresponding to seasonal solar positions; wherein adjustment of the angular position is performed exclusively inside the fixed external housing such that the external housing remains stationary during operation, thereby reducing wind-induced mechanical loads and maintaining optical alignment independently of the orientation and inclination of the supporting surface; and wherein the panel is configured to be combined with a plurality of identical panels in modular arrays connected hydraulically and / or structurally to form scalable solar thermal installations.

A glass sheet processing apparatus includes a first gantry assembly extending over a glass sheet in a transverse machine direction. The first gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the first gantry assembly, and includes a laser including optical equipment positioned in a beam path of the laser, thereby providing a laser beam focal line formed on a beam output side of the optical equipment. The second gantry assembly extends over the glass sheet in a transverse machine direction. The second gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the second gantry assembly.

A glass sheet processing apparatus includes a first gantry assembly that extends across a glass sheet in a cross-machine direction. The first gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the first gantry assembly and includes a laser comprising an optical arrangement positioned in a beam path of the laser providing a laser beam focal line that is formed on a beam output side of the optical arrangement. A second gantry assembly extends across the glass sheet in the cross-machine direction. The second gantry assembly includes a processing head that moves along a length of the second gantry assembly.