Patent ID: 11933990
Assignee: PANASONIC CONNECT NORTH AMERICA, DIVISION OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F  H | IPC F  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for forming an output laser beam, the method comprising:
propagating an input beam toward a dispersive element;
intercepting and redirecting one or more first portions of the input beam upstream of the dispersive element while allowing a second portion of the input beam to propagate to the dispersive element without being intercepted and redirected;
causing the one or more first portions of the input beam to at least partially overlap with the second portion of the input beam at the dispersive element, whereby a dispersed beam is formed; and
transmitting a first portion of the dispersed beam as an output beam.