GB2547923B - Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams - Google Patents
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- GB2547923B GB2547923B GB1603681.6A GB201603681A GB2547923B GB 2547923 B GB2547923 B GB 2547923B GB 201603681 A GB201603681 A GB 201603681A GB 2547923 B GB2547923 B GB 2547923B
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Priority Applications (5)
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GB1603681.6A GB2547923B (en) | 2016-03-02 | 2016-03-02 | Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams |
EP17707397.0A EP3423878B1 (en) | 2016-03-02 | 2017-02-23 | Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams |
AU2017227069A AU2017227069B2 (en) | 2016-03-02 | 2017-02-23 | Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams |
US16/081,137 US10895725B2 (en) | 2016-03-02 | 2017-02-23 | Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams |
PCT/GB2017/050462 WO2017149275A1 (en) | 2016-03-02 | 2017-02-23 | Co-aligning laterally displaced radiation beams |
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US5195103A (en) * | 1991-05-21 | 1993-03-16 | At&T Bell Laboratories | Externally modulated laser source for array illumination |
US20030234751A1 (en) * | 2002-06-20 | 2003-12-25 | Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. | Image display apparatus having optical scanner |
US20100142022A1 (en) * | 2008-12-05 | 2010-06-10 | Sjoestroem Fredrik | Methods and apparatuses for increasing available power in optical systems |
US20140363338A1 (en) * | 2013-06-07 | 2014-12-11 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Spectral apparatus, detection apparatus, light source apparatus, reaction apparatus, and measurement apparatus |
WO2015015168A1 (en) * | 2013-07-29 | 2015-02-05 | Bae Systems Plc | Apparatus for aligning radiation beams |
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US5195103A (en) * | 1991-05-21 | 1993-03-16 | At&T Bell Laboratories | Externally modulated laser source for array illumination |
US20030234751A1 (en) * | 2002-06-20 | 2003-12-25 | Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. | Image display apparatus having optical scanner |
US20100142022A1 (en) * | 2008-12-05 | 2010-06-10 | Sjoestroem Fredrik | Methods and apparatuses for increasing available power in optical systems |
US20140363338A1 (en) * | 2013-06-07 | 2014-12-11 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Spectral apparatus, detection apparatus, light source apparatus, reaction apparatus, and measurement apparatus |
WO2015015168A1 (en) * | 2013-07-29 | 2015-02-05 | Bae Systems Plc | Apparatus for aligning radiation beams |
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