Patent ID: 6965483
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: (a) a concave mirror having a surface normal forming an angle with incident light in a beam path to create an exit beam path; and (b) at least one lens cooperating with the concave mirror and being applied in the at least one of the incident beam path and the exit beam path, such that normals to both surfaces of the at least one lens form an angle with a central ray of each beam to which the at least one lens is applied, whereby the mirror and the at least one lens manipulate each of the beams to which the at least one lens is applied in a manner chosen from the group consisting of achieving an optical image of an object in a focal plane outside of the incident beam path with reduction of imaging aberrations in the image and collimating exit light from a light source, wherein the at least one lens is placed at an angle opposite to the angle of the mirror relative to the central ray in the incident beam.