AU2001293021A1 - Lens focusing device, system and method for use with multiple light wavelengths - Google Patents

Lens focusing device, system and method for use with multiple light wavelengths

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AU2001293021A1
AU2001293021A1 AU2001293021A AU9302101A AU2001293021A1 AU 2001293021 A1 AU2001293021 A1 AU 2001293021A1 AU 2001293021 A AU2001293021 A AU 2001293021A AU 9302101 A AU9302101 A AU 9302101A AU 2001293021 A1 AU2001293021 A1 AU 2001293021A1
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multiple light
focusing device
light wavelengths
lens focusing
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Gordon D. Ford
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Applied Science Fiction Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B13/00—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
    • G02B13/14—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G02B13/146—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation with corrections for use in multiple wavelength bands, such as infrared and visible light, e.g. FLIR systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B3/00—Simple or compound lenses
    • G02B3/10—Bifocal lenses; Multifocal lenses
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/14—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses adapted to interchange lenses
    • G02B7/16—Rotatable turrets
AU2001293021A 2000-09-22 2001-09-21 Lens focusing device, system and method for use with multiple light wavelengths Abandoned AU2001293021A1 (en)

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