09 CProrerr nasser rors one KOREAN PATENT ABSTRACTS. 20020033112 A (21) Publication number: (43) Date of publication of (2D Application 1020017016901, number (22) Date of filing; 29.12.2001 G0) Priority 1999 141830 US 01.07.1999 1) Int. Ct: G02B 17/06 (2006.01); G02B 17/00 (2006.01); 04.05.2002 application: (7) Applicant WAVIEN, INC. (72) Inventor: LI KENNETH K. LOPEZ JOSEPH (54) SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND CONDENSING LIGHT (67) Abstract A collecting and condensing system includes a paired Feflector set having a first, or collecting, reflector that collects radiation emitted from a radiation source and collimates the collected radiation into parallel beams directed to a portion of a second, or condensing or focusing, feflector which focuses the light onto a target along the common optical axis shared by the two reflectors. An opening is formed in the second reflector to permit the radiation to be transmitted from the source located at the focal point of the first reflector toward the first reflector, and an opening Is formed in the first reflector to permit the radiation reflected and focused by the second reflector to be transmitted to a target located at the focal point of the second reflector. A lens having the same common optical axis and the same focal points of the first and second Feflectors is positioned between the reflectros to collect and condense radiation that would otherwise be lost through the openings formed in the respective reflectors. The overall system produces essentially unit magnification. In addition, a retro- reflector may be added to increase the overall flux density at the target. Multiple electromagnetic sources and associated paired reflector sets can be cascaded along the common optical axis to increase the brightness at the target. © KIPO & WIPO 2007 This Facsimile First Page has been artificially created from the Korean Patent Abstracts CD Rom