ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,636, issued on June 16, was assigned to Excelitas Deutschland GmbH (Feldkirchen Munich, Germany).
"Wide angle Pockels cells and use thereof" was invented by Hans-Georg Heckmann (Goettingen, Germany) and Frank Mueller (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for switching and collating light contains a focusing lens that focuses a laser. A first linear polarizer receives the focused beam and transmits the focused beam incoming light, polarized at plus 45 degrees, to a Pockels cell. The Pockels cell contains: a first Pockels cell crystal that follows the first linear polarizer; a first internal birefringent crystal plate that co...