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Fibre-type light conversion device

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1989-05-22
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Granted: 1990-03-20
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Expires: 2009-05-22
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Abstract

Abstract A fibre-type light wavelength conversion device comprises a fibre-type wavelength conversion element for changing the wavelength of an incident light and a prismatic means for transforming said incident light, whose wavelength has been changed by said wavelength conversion element, into a parallel light, wherein said prismatic means is a Fresnel lens comprised of a plurality of concentric conical ring zones whose cross-section including its optical axis has a saw-tooth shape or comprised of a same pitch circular grating. Furthermore, a vertical angle of a surface of emergence of said conical ring zones is determined so as to satisfy the following equations of: sin x=n.sing y y+z=(π/2)-α cos α=n.sin z where x represents an angle of incidence of said incident light with respect to said optical axis of said Fresnel lens, n represents a refractive index of said Fresnel lens, y represents an angle of refraction at a surface of incidence, and z represents an angle of incidence into said surface of emergence.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sota Okamoto
  • 👤 Kiyofumi Chikuma

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/35; G02F1/37; G02F1/377; G02F1/383; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/26; G02B6/32; G02F1/372

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 163 words
A fibre-type light conversion device comprising: a fibre-type light conversion element for changing the wavelength of an incident light; and a prismatic means for transforming said incident light, whose wavelength is changed by said light conversion element, into a parallel light, wherein said prismatic means is a Fresnel lens comprised of a plurality of concentric conical ring zones whose cross-section including its optical axis has a saw-tooth shape or a same pitch circular grading, and a vertical angle α of a surface of emergence of each of said conical ring zones is determined so as to satisfy the following equations: sin x =n. sin y y+z=(π/2)-α cos α=n. sin z where x represents an angle of incidence of said incident light with respect to said optical axis of said Fresnel lens, n represents a refractive index of said Fresnel lens, v represents an angle of refraction at a surface of incidence, and z represents an angle of incidence into said surface of emergence.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 163 words
A fibre-type light conversion device comprising: a fibre-type light conversion element for changing the wavelength of an incident light; and a prismatic means for transforming said incident light, whose wavelength is changed by said light conversion element, into a parallel light, wherein said prismatic means is a Fresnel lens comprised of a plurality of concentric conical ring zones whose cross-section including its optical axis has a saw-tooth shape or a same pitch circular grading, and a vertical angle α of a surface of emergence of each of said conical ring zones is determined so as to satisfy the following equations: sin x =n. sin y y+z=(π/2)-α cos α=n. sin z where x represents an angle of incidence of said incident light with respect to said optical axis of said Fresnel lens, n represents a refractive index of said Fresnel lens, v represents an angle of refraction at a surface of incidence, and z represents an angle of incidence into said surface of emergence.

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