DESPECKLING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Hugh David Paul Williams of Cambridge GB

Ariel Gomez Diaz of Cambridge GB

William Minster Kunkel, Iv of Cambridge GB

DESPECKLING METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18726912 titled 'DESPECKLING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

A system comprising: an actuator; a signal generator configured to apply an electric signal to the actuator to expand and contract the actuator; an optical fibre associated with the actuator, the optical fibre configured to lengthen when the actuator expands and shorten when the actuator contracts; a coherent light source configured to transmit a coherent light through the optical fibre to provide illumination during the lengthening and shortening of the optical fibre.