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Device with a laser for image presentation
Assignee: LDT Laser Display Technology GmbH
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Filing: 1997-10-31
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Granted: 2000-01-04
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Expires: 2017-10-31
Abstract
Abstract In a device with a laser for image presentation in which the laser emits laser light of a defined coherence length L at a given wavelength λ and in which there is arranged in the path of the laser light a first structure with which phase displacements can be carried out for individual photons of the laser light in accordance with a predetermined distribution, it is provided that the average path given by the ratio of the average root mean square of the phase displacement formed by the distribution and the magnitude of the wave vector k=2π/λ of the laser is greater than the coherence length L multiplied by a factor of 1/(12) 1/2 .
Inventors
- 👤 Joerg Wunderlich
- 👤 Klaus Hiller
- 👤 Frank Goepfert
- 👤 Richard Wallenstein
- 👤 Christhard Deter
- 👤 Wolfram Biehlig
- 👤 Juergen Kraenert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3129; G; G02; G02B; G02B26/00; G02B26/08; G02B26/10; G02B26/101; G02B27/00; G02B27/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A device comprising: a laser for image presentation in which the laser emits laser light of a defined coherence length L at a given wavelength λ, said laser light having a predetermined path; and a first structure arranged in the path of the laser light with which phase displacements can be carried out for individual photons of the laser light in accordance with a predetermined distribution; wherein the average path given by the ratio of the average root mean square of the phase displacements formed by the distribution and the magnitude of the wave vector k=2π/λ of the laser is greater than the coherence length L multiplied by a factor of 1/(12) 1/2 .
Claim 2
Independent Claim
114 words
A device comprising: a laser for image presentation in which the laser emits laser light of a defined coherence length L at a given wavelength λ, said laser light having a predetermined path; and a first structure arranged in the path of the laser light with which phase displacements can be carried out for individual photons of the laser light in accordance with a predetermined distribution; wherein the average path given by the ratio of the average root mean square of the phase displacements formed by the distribution and the magnitude of the wave vector k=2π/λ of the laser is greater than the coherence length L multiplied by a factor of 1/(12) 1/2 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the first structure is formed of transparent material containing stochastically enclosed particles of a granulate with an elevated refractive index compared with the surrounding material, wherein the phase displacements are generated due to these differences in the refractive index.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The device according to claim 2, wherein the difference in the refractive index of the particles relative to the surrounding material is greater than 0.1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device according to claim 3, wherein the particles of the granulate comprise at least two phases having different refractive indices.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device according to claim 4, wherein the extension of at least one region between two phase boundaries in the direction of the path of the laser light is less than 20 wavelengths.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device according to claim 5, wherein said extension is less than 2 wavelengths.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device according to claim 2, wherein the particles in the light propagation direction are smaller than 0.5 mm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device according to claim 7, wherein at least some of the particles are smaller than 0.1 mm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the first structure contains mirrors for increasing the phase displacements by way of lengthening the path length of the laser light.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein a screen is provided for presenting the image, and wherein the first structure is the screen itself or is constructed as a layer of the screen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the laser has an amplification bandwidth of greater than 100 GHz and greater than 300 GHz.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein the laser is a pulsed laser which can be operated with a pulse time of less than 10 ps pulse width.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
88 words
The device according to claim 12, wherein it has a laser for red, blue and/or green light, and wherein a pulsed laser is provided for at least one of these colors, wherein this pulsed laser can be operated with a pulse width that is less than 4 ps and especially less than 2 ps if this laser emits red light; 3 ps and especially less than 1.5 ps if this laser emits green light; 2 ps and especially less than 1 ps if this laser emits blue light.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein a second structure is provided by means of which, based on local quantum mechanical disturbances of photons in the laser beam the coherence length can be shortened, particularly by means of increasing a spectral width Δλ of the wavelength spectrum of the laser.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein a laser is provided for red, green and/or blue light, and wherein the spectral width Δλ for the individual colors is as follows: Δλ>1.3 nm for red light;
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
11 words
Δλ>0. 9 nm for green light; Δλ>0.75 nm for blue light.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
11 words
Δλ>0. 9 nm for green light; Δλ>0.75 nm for blue light.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
17 words
The device according to 1, wherein the first structure is made at least in part from PTFE.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
17 words
The device according to 1, wherein the first structure is made at least in part from PTFE.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
125 words
The device according to claim 1 with a laser and a screen for image presentation, wherein this screen or a layer of this screen has a plurality of scattering particles, wherein the thickness d of the screen or of the layer, as determined in the propagation direction of a laser beam emitted by the laser for imaging, is greater than a critical thickness d crit which is calculated from the mean distance b from interference maxima, known as speckle, generated by the laser beam at a surface of the layer or of the screen as: ##EQU54## where (tanθ) is the mean value of the tangent of the scattering angle θ for a scattering angle distribution characterizing the deflection of the laser beam at the particles.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
51 words
The device according to claim 17, wherein at a distance S of the screen from the laser and with a diameter D and centroid wavelength λ of the laser light emitted by the laser the equation D 2 >λS is true and the thickness or layer thickness is greater than ##EQU55##
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
88 words
The device according to claim 17, wherein a thickness d at which a function course of a contrast magnitude K(d) assumes a value of less than 0.20 and, especially, less than or equal to 0.05 depending on the thickness d, wherein this function course of the contrast value is measurable as over the occurring maximum light intensity I max and minimum light intensity I min in an area which is uniformly illuminated by the laser beam at a respective layer thickness d on a surface of the screen.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
66 words
The device according to claim 17, wherein the thickness is equal to ##EQU56## where f is a number less than 0.20 and, in particular, less than or equal to 0.05 and ##EQU57## is the maximum light intensity and I min is the minimum light intensity within a region on a screen which is uniformly illuminated by the laser on a screen with thickness d crit .
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The device according to claim 17, wherein the screen is made of PTFE and the thickness d is greater than 0.1 mm.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device according to claim 21, wherein the thickness d is greater than 1 mm.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 21, wherein the thickness d is greater than 3 mm.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device according to claim 17, wherein the light of the laser has a coherence length L and the thickness D is greater than or equal to d=(0.04 cm*L).sup.1/2 ±25%.
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