488 results about "Optical beam" patented technology

The invention relates to a packaging structure and packaging method for an optical module and an optical chip, and the packaging structure comprises a receiving end assembly, a stepped metal heat sink, and a silicon-based optical interconnection assembly which is pasted on the stepped metal heat sink. The silicon-based optical interconnection assembly comprises a laser, a silicon light beam splitter, a lens group, a light transmission compensation gasket, a silicon light modulator and an optical fiber array; coplanar coupling is formed between the laser and the silicon light beam splitter. The silicon light beam splitter and at least part of the collimating lens in the lens group are fixed on the light transmission compensation gasket; the optical fiber array and the silicon light modulator realize waveguide matching in an active coupling mode; the silicon light modulator and the receiving end assembly are separately arranged at least at a preset interval, and the optical fiber array and / or the receiving end assembly are / is covered with a metal isolation cover. According to the invention, the problems of high cost of multiple light sources, easy pollution of an open light path and yield bottleneck caused by low-reliability glue in the prior art are solved, and finally, a packaging scheme which is compact in structure, stable in process and high in mass production is formed.

The invention provides a light beam scanning device of an integrated photonics chip and a test method. The light beam scanning device of the integrated photonics chip comprises a chip sample table, a chip sample table base, a light beam receiver connected with a lens cone and a horizontally arranged turntable base, the lens barrel is arranged above the turntable base, and a diaphragm adjusting structure and at least four lens groups are arranged in the lens barrel; the central point of the chip sample table base is overlapped with the central point of the turntable base, the chip sample table base is positioned above the turntable base, and the chip sample table is vertically arranged at the central point of the chip sample table base. Through switching of different lens groups in the lens cone, measurement of far and near fields of the to-be-tested chip is realized by using the same lens cone, the lens cone is arranged on the turntable base, and the test angle range can be adjusted according to specific test requirements so that various chip test requirements can be met.

High-power, integrated optical amplifiers are described in which gain waveguides of the amplifiers are designed to improve power performance by reducing power saturation effects in the amplifier. The gain waveguides can change, in at least one aspect, along the length of the gain waveguide to reduce gain saturation. Multi-mode optical beams and / or multi-stage amplification can also be employed to reduce gain saturation.

One example includes a quantum lidar system. The system includes a beam generator configured to generate a signal beam and an idler beam and a beam combiner configured to generate a combined optical beam comprising the signal beam and the idler beam. The system also includes a lidar transmitter configured to transmit the combined optical beam to a target and a lidar receiver configured to receive the combined optical beam and a reflected beam of the combined optical beam reflected from the target to generate lidar data associated with the target.

A method for assembling a photonic computing system includes attaching a photonic source to a support structure, and attaching a photonic integrated circuit to the support structure. The photonic source includes a first laser die on a substrate configured to provide a first optical beam, and a second laser die on the substrate configured to provide a second optical beam. The photonic integrated circuit includes a first waveguide and a first coupler coupled to the first waveguide, and a second waveguide and a second coupler coupled to the second waveguide. The method includes attaching a plurality of beam-shaping optical elements to the support structure, the substrate, or the photonic integrated circuit, in which the attaching includes aligning a first beam-shaping optical element during attachment so that the first optical beam is coupled to the first coupler, and aligning a second beam-shaping optical element during attachment so that the second optical beam is coupled to the second coupler.

This invention presents a frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging system, enhancing capabilities with a spatial beam attenuator and pinhole beam splitter. The spatial beam attenuator reshapes any beam into a circular Gaussian beam profile, being compact, cost-effective, with low loss and back reflection. Using digital printing technology, a thin optical film is deposited onto an optical substrate for precise local attenuation of the beam in either transmission or reflection mode. The pinhole beam splitter consists of an optical beam splitter with an active region the size of a pinhole, positioned near the beam's focus, which directs focused light into two paths based on acceptance or rejection by the pinhole. This configuration allows for two detectors to collect photons from both paths concurrently, facilitating dual-mode imaging. Consequently, the system can generate both confocal and conventional non-confocal laser scanning fluorescence lifetime images of the sample at the same time.

There is provided an object scanning apparatus. The object scanning apparatus may include a THz source emitting a THz beam; an optical system for directing the THz beam; a zone for inspecting objects wherein the optical beam interacts with the object; a motion device for changing the spatial or temporal interaction of the object and optical beam; at least one transducer, the at least one transducer including an imaging transducer for converting the optical beam energy after interaction with the object to an electronic image; and a processor for performing processing of the image for use in characterization of the object or its interior contents or composition.

A method for differentiating gas sources based on temperature includes transmitting an optical beam through a plume emitted by a combustion system. The method includes detecting the optical beam, after propagating through the plume, to obtain an absorption spectrum. The method includes determining, based on the absorption spectrum, a first path-integrated concentration of a gas species, a first temperature of the first path-integrated concentration, a second path-integrated concentration of the gas species, and a second temperature of the second path-integrated concentration. The second temperature is different from the first temperature. The method may further include performing an inversion to obtain a sampled quantity of the gas species within the plume. The method may be implemented with dual-comb spectroscopy, in which case the optical beam is formed from two frequency combs having slightly different repetition rates.

The invention relates to a measuring arrangement for the interferometric determination of the surface shape of a test object, wherein a test wave generated from electromagnetic radiation and reflected at the test object can be superimposed with a reference wave not reflected at the test object, with a reference element (110, 210, 310, 410) having a reference surface (112, 212, 312, 412) which, in the optical beam path, splits off the reference wave from the test wave before it strikes the test object (120, 220, 320, 420) by reflection, and at least one beam shaping surface (111, 211, 311, 411, 413, 414) located in the optical beam path in front of the reference surface, wherein this beam shaping surface is designed as an aspherical distortion correction surface such that a distortion occurring in a predetermined reference plane of the measuring arrangement is reduced. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an optical element for such a measuring arrangement.

The invention relates to a windshield for a vehicle, having an exposed exterior-side surface (I) and an exposed interior-side surface (i), wherein the windshield has a transmission region (S) which is provided for the optical beam path of a transmitter and / or receiver (4) of electromagnetic radiation, and the interior-side surface (i) is provided with an anti-reflection coating (20) in the transmission region (S), the anti-reflection coating comprising, in the specified order starting from the interior-side surface (i): - a first optically high-refractive layer (21) having a refractive index of at least 1.9 and an optical thickness of 95 nm to 225 nm; - a first optically low-refractive layer (22) having a refractive index of maximally 1.6 and an optical thickness of 40 nm to 135 nm; - a second optically high-refractive layer (23) having a refractive index of at least 1.9 and an optical thickness of 415 nm to 615 nm; and - a second optically low-refractive layer (24) having a refractive index of maximally 1.6 and an optical thickness of 290 nm to 410 nm, the optical thickness being determined as the product of the geometrical thickness and the refractive index at 550 nm.

A sliding cover for a liquid delivery device, such as a cap (100) for a pen injector (200), incorporates a set of sensors including an optical sensor (110) with an output which changes during uncapping or capping motions on passing of a plunger (220) of the pen injector. This output is used together with a position sensor (120) to determine the position of the plunger along a cylinder (210) of the liquid delivery device. By monitoring changes in the plunger position, the quantity of dosages delivered by the liquid delivery device can be determined, displayed, stored and / or transmitted to an external device for further data processing or storage. Preferred implementations of the invention employ optical sensors with a converging beam (115), and / or position sensors employing linear potentiometer strips (132).

An optical grating is provided which can be configured to emit an optical beam, from optical grating portions of the optical grating, with a predetermined cross-section and / or a predetermined intensity in a portion of the cross-section including light.

A device includes first, second and third elements fabricated on a common substrate. The first element includes an optical source, the second element includes at least one optical facet coupled to free space, and the third element includes a waveguide that optically couples the first element to the second element. The optical facet, having a compound III-V semiconductor material as a core and a dielectric material as a cladding, is characterized by a refractive index contrast between the core and the cladding that is greater or equal to 1. An optical beam exiting the facet is characterized by a central beam propagation axis and a FWHM beam divergence greater than 40 degrees referred to at least one axis perpendicular to the central beam propagation axis.

The application relates to a packaging structure and a packaging method of an optical module and an optical chip, wherein the packaging structure comprises a receiving end assembly, a stepped metal heat sink and a silicon-based optical interconnection assembly attached to the stepped metal heat sink; the silicon-based optical interconnection assembly comprises a laser, a silicon optical beam splitter, a lens group, a light-transmitting compensation gasket, a silicon optical modulator and a fiber array; the laser and the silicon optical beam splitter form a coplanar coupling; the silicon optical beam splitter and at least part of the collimating lenses in the lens group are fixed on the light-transmitting compensation gasket; the fiber array and the silicon optical modulator realize waveguide matching through an active coupling mode; the silicon optical modulator and the receiving end assembly are arranged at a distance of at least a preset interval, and the fiber array and / or the receiving end assembly are covered with a metal isolation cover. The application solves the yield bottleneck caused by high cost of multiple light sources, pollution of an open light path and low reliability of glue in the prior art, and finally forms a packaging scheme with compact structure, stable process and high productivity.

The present application provides a spaceborne acquisition, tracking and pointing system and a free space optical communication link establishment method. The system comprises: an optical antenna, a laser generation module, a first detector, a light spot position determination module, a first tracking controller, and a first tracking execution mechanism. During terminal link establishment, a first terminal traverses scan points in an initial scan acquisition zone, and emits a first optical beam on the basis of the pointing direction of the currently traversed scan points. When a first feedback optical beam transmitted by a second terminal is received, the first terminal adjusts the boresight direction of the optical antenna. The first terminal emits a second optical beam by means of the optical antenna and receives a second feedback optical beam emitted by the second terminal in response to the second optical beam. When the second feedback optical beam is received, the first terminal emits a third optical beam by means of the optical antenna, so that the second terminal performs tracking processing in response to the third optical beam.

The present invention discloses a quantum random number generator chip and design method. The chip includes: an optical chip, a transimpedance amplifier chip, and a microcontroller chip connected in sequence, wherein: the optical chip includes a continuous laser, an optical beam splitter, a first optical attenuator, a second optical attenuator, a first photodetector, and a second photodetector; the microcontroller chip includes a first digital-to-analog converter, a second digital-to-analog converter, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor; the transimpedance amplifier chip includes a transimpedance amplifier; wherein the optical chip, the transimpedance amplifier chip, and the microcontroller chip are packaged to obtain a quantum random number generator chip. The present invention packages the optical chip and the microcontroller chip into a single chip through a systematic packaging method, significantly reducing the size of the quantum random number system, greatly improving the stability of the system and structure, while reducing power consumption and cost, and expanding the scope and application scenarios.

The invention discloses a thin-film barium titanate electro-optical switch unit based on a composite electrode and an array thereof. The optical switch unit comprises a first waveguide optical fiber coupling module, a second waveguide optical fiber coupling module, an optical beam splitting module, an electro-optical phase shift region, an optical beam combining module, a third waveguide optical fiber coupling module and a fourth waveguide optical fiber coupling module. Wherein the composite electrode of the electro-optic phase shift region is composed of a metal electrode and a transparent conductive layer, the electrode is closer to the waveguide by utilizing the transparent characteristic of a transparent conductive material, the coupling of a light field and an electric field is effectively enhanced, and the extinction ratio is improved. Meanwhile, a barium titanate film with a high electro-optical coefficient is adopted as a waveguide material, and the performance is further optimized, so that the electro-optical switch unit has the excellent characteristics of low-voltage driving, high extinction ratio, low insertion loss and small size.

An optical switch comprising a set of input ports and a set of output ports, each input and output port configured to transport an optical signal having at least one component frequency channel. The switch comprises a first programmable deflection plane configured to deflect beams incident on it from the set of input ports to form a deflected array of beams, and a second programmable deflection plane configured to deflect beams incident on it towards the set of output ports. The switch also comprises a beam steering optical device positioned in the optical path between the first and second programmable deflection planes, configured to remap the deflected array of beams to form a remapped array of beams directed to the second programmable deflection plane, by changing the spatial positioning and / or orientation of each beam from the deflected array of beams in the remapped array of beams such that the spatial positioning and / or orientation of at least one beam of the deflected array of beams is changed differently to at least one other beam of the deflected array of beams.

A system for free-space optical coupling between a two-dimensional optical transmitter array and a two-dimensional optical receiver array using planar optical elements includes a transmitter array configured to emit one or more optical beams, a first planar optical element configured to receive the optical beams from the transmitter array and generate one or more intermediate optical beams, a first spacer disposed between the optical transmitter array and the first planar optical element, a receiver array, a second planar optical element configured to receive the intermediate optical beams and generate one or more output optical beams directed to the receiver array, and a second spacer disposed between the second planar optical element and the optical receiver array. The TX and RX portions of the optical coupling system can be used in a LiDAR system as a light emitting element (beam steerer) and a detector, respectively. The planar optical element is configured to provide a wide field of view for the LiDAR.

The utility model provides a macro-energy laser energy measuring device, which comprises a beam expanding lens, a polarization beam splitter and two wedge-shaped mirrors which are arranged along a light beam propagation path, the polarization beam splitter is matched with the beam expanding lens to divide an expanded light beam into two polarized light beams, and the number of the wedge-shaped mirrors is two. And the two wedge-shaped mirrors are matched with the polarization beam splitter and are used for respectively splitting the two beams of polarized light in proportion and then enabling the two beams of polarized light to enter a light measurement area. According to the utility model, the PBS, namely the polarization beam splitter, is combined with the wedge-shaped mirror, so that the change of the light splitting proportion caused by the thermal depolarization effect of the high-power laser is avoided, and the influence of the polarization state change of the high-power laser under the change of the thermal effect on the measurement is reduced, thereby improving the precision of energy measurement; the light spot area is increased through the beam expanding lens, and the damage threshold is improved; according to the utility model, as the precision of energy measurement is improved, light beams can be prevented from directly hitting on the probe of the energy meter, and after the damage threshold is improved, the damage risk of an instrument is greatly reduced, the service life of the instrument is prolonged, and the measurement cost is reduced.

An apparatus includes a substrate holder having a surface to receive a substrate. The surface has a texture that causes an optical beam incident on the surface to scatter in at least one direction away from an optical detector to be located above the substrate holder.

An apparatus for measuring movement of a test specimen, where the apparatus includes an electromagnetic transducer and an optical probe. The apparatus may include a test specimen holder and a body that move together. The optical probe may be configured to direct an optical beam through the body to the test specimen, which may provide for measurement of a prompt impulse. The electromagnetic transducer may be configured to produce a voltage when the test specimen holder and the body move, which may provide for measurement of a total impulse of the same test specimen. Thus, a single gauge may provide for measuring both prompt impulse and total impulse of the same test specimen.

Aspects of this disclosure configure a processor for detecting defects in the solder mask of a printed circuit board (PCB) using an optical waveguide. The processor directs an optical beam toward the input of one or more optical waveguides embedded in a protective coating layer of a PCB, the protective coating layer being adjacent to one or more conductive traces of the PCB. The processor measures a beam property of the optical beam emitted by the one or more optical waveguides. The processor detects a break in the optical beam emitted by the one or more optical waveguides based on this beam property.The processor detects a fault in the protective coating layer of the PCB based on detecting the interruption of the optical beam emitted by the one or more optical waveguides.

We present a novel optical lever surface slope metrology tool employing a plurality of optical beams converging and crossing at the point close to the measured surface. The system increases the range and accuracy of the measurement.

The invention discloses a dual-drive differential thin film barium titanate electro-optical modulator. Comprising a narrow linewidth laser, a first optical fiber waveguide coupling module, a second optical fiber waveguide coupling module, a first 1 * 2 optical beam splitter, a second 1 * 2 optical beam splitter, a first radio frequency module, a second radio frequency module, a GSGSG coplanar traveling wave electrode structure, a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein the GSGSG coplanar traveling wave electrode structure consists of a first ground electrode, a first signal electrode, a second ground electrode, a second signal electrode and a third ground electrode; the invention relates to an a-axis oriented barium titanate film and a substrate. After beam splitting, input laser is respectively injected into two parallel waveguides which are prepared on the barium titanate film and penetrate through the GSGSG structure. The first radio frequency module and the second radio frequency module apply composite modulation signals including direct current bias and differential radio frequency signals to the signal electrodes, so that the refractive indexes of the two waveguides have opposite sign changes to realize push-pull modulation, and modulated optical signals are output after beam combination. By means of the dual-drive differential and GSGSG electrode structure, the modulation efficiency is improved, and meanwhile the anti-interference capacity and stability of the device are remarkably improved.

The invention relates to a mobile laser scanning microscope (100) comprising: a chassis (10) with rollers (12), an optical table (30) connected to the chassis (10) via a vibration damper (20), an upper optical box (40) containing a scanning head (42) with acousto-optical deflectors, a pillar (60) connecting the upper optical box (40) to the optical table (30) and holding it at a distance above therefrom, a stage (31) arranged on the optical table (30), a microscope module (32) arranged above the stage (31) and comprising a microscope objective (33) optically coupled to the scanning head (42) and at least one detector (75a, 75b), at least one laser (35) arranged on the optical table (30), an optical beam path (36) guiding a beam of the at least one laser (35) from the at least one laser (35) through the upper optical box (40) to the objective (33), compartments (17) connected to the chassis (10) below the optical table (30) and housing power supplies (15) and control systems (16) of the microscope (100), and a light barrier system (50) having a cover (52) covering units arranged on the optical table (30).

The technologies described herein are generally directed to using a loopback component to test a single fiber optic strand. For example, a method described herein can include generating a first optical beam of a first wavelength. The method can further include transmitting the first optical beam via a fiber optic fiber. Further, the method can include receiving via the fiber optic fiber, a second optical beam of a second wavelength, with the second optical beam having a characteristic of the first optical beam, and with the second optical beam being generated by a non-electrical conversion of the first light of the first wavelength to the second light of the second wavelength.

An optical beam steering apparatus includes an array of optical elements. Each optical element includes a lens, a switchable array of optical emitters configured to emit light into the lens, and a phase-shifting element configured to control a phase of the light emitted by the optical emitters. A controller is configured to control the array of optical elements to emit a beam of light in a predetermined direction. The controlling includes coarsely adjusting a direction of the beam of light, including, for at least some optical elements of the array of optical elements, configuring the optical element's switchable array of optical emitters to emit light into the optical element's lens according to the predetermined direction. The controlling also includes finely adjusting the direction of the beam of light, including configuring the phase-shifting elements of the optical elements to control a phase relationship between the light emitted by the optical elements according to the predetermined direction.

A kind of board card, cabinet, clock distribution circuit and system applied to quantum computing belong to quantum computing technical field;High-precision clock source is used to synchronize output high-speed clock signal and low-speed clock signal, ensure the synchronization of low-speed reference clock and high-speed sampling clock of multiple cabinets, multiple board cards;Independent clock distribution board card is used, high-speed clock electrical signal is converted into high-speed clock optical signal by microwave modulation light source, after optical power amplification, optical beam splitter, it is distributed to the clock distribution board card of each cabinet by optical fiber, low-speed clock electrical signal is connected to the clock distribution board card of each cabinet by radio frequency cable;High-speed clock optical signal, low-speed clock electrical signal are input to clock distribution board card, then by clock distribution board card distribution to each control board card, reduce the number of PD detector, Buffer, PLL and amplification filtering module on clock signal transmission path, reduce cabinet space use pressure and cost.

The present invention relates to an optical grating coupler (10) configured to couple at least two waveguides and allow the propagation of optical beams between them. More specifically, the present invention discloses an efficient and high-performance optical grating coupler (10) designed to propagate light from a first waveguide, preferably a fiber waveguide, into a second waveguide, preferably a nanophotonic waveguide, while maintaining exceptional efficiency.