Patent ID: 9733121
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01J,G02B

Claim:
1. An imaging optical system, comprising: a first optical sub-system having at least one optical element, said first optical sub-system being configured to substantially collimate, at a center plane, electromagnetic radiation emanating from an object plane; at least one segmented light bending element substantially located at the center plane; said at least one segmented light bending element comprising a plurality of segments, each segment in said plurality of segments being configured to direct a portion of said electromagnetic radiation along a direction in a plurality of directions; wherein each direction in said plurality of directions is substantially different from the other directions in said plurality of directions; said at least one segmented light bending element being configured to separate said electromagnetic radiation into a plurality of portions; a second optical sub-system having at least one optical element, said second optical sub-system being configured to image said plurality of portions of said electromagnetic radiation onto an image plane; and at least one detecting element substantially located at the image plane.