Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to methods for preventing the formation of an emulsion in a liquid lens. In one embodiment, the method comprises fabricating a top substrate, a bottom s substrate, and a central substrate including a cavity configured to be filled by first and second liquids. The liquid lens comprising the top substrate, the bottom substrate and the central substrate is assembled, with at least one of the top substrate and the bottom substrate in the assembled liquid lens being characterized by a stabilizing feature determining that in response to an impact load on the assembled liquid lens that would cause localized pressure drops of 10 maximum magnitude X in the absence of the stabilizing feature, the maximum magnitude of localized pressure drops within the liquid lens is smaller than X.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to methods for preventing the formation of an emulsion in a liquid lens. In one embodiment, the method comprises fabricating a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and a central substrate including a cavity configured to be filled by first and second liquids. The liquid lens comprising the top substrate, the bottom substrate and the central substrate is assembled, with at least one of the top substrate and the bottom substrate in the assembled liquid lens being characterized by a stabilizing feature determining that in response to an impact load on the assembled liquid lens that would cause localized pressure drops of maximum magnitude X in the absence of the stabilizing feature, the maximum magnitude of localized pressure drops within the liquid lens is smaller than X.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to methods for preventing the formation of an emulsion in a liquid lens. In one embodiment, the method comprises fabricating a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and a central substrate including a cavity configured to be filled by first and second liquids. The liquid lens comprising the top substrate, the bottom substrate and the central substrate is assembled, with at least one of the top substrate and the bottom substrate in the assembled liquid lens being characterized by a stabilizing feature determining that in response to an impact load on the assembled liquid lens that would cause localized pressure drops of maximum magnitude X in the absence of the stabilizing feature, the maximum magnitude of localized pressure drops within the liquid lens is smaller than X.

Abstract: A compact, integrated LIDAR system utilizes SOI-based opto-electronic components to provide for lower cost and higher reliability as compared to current LIDAR systems. Preferably, an SOI-based LIDAR transmitter and an SOI-based LIDAR receiver (both optical components and electrical components) are integrated within a single module. The various optical and electrical components are formed utilizing portions of the SOI layer and applying well-known CMOS fabrication processes (e.g., patterning, etching, doping), including the formation of additional layer(s) over the SOI layer to provide the required devices. A laser source itself is attached to the SOI arrangement and coupled through an integrated modulation device (such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, i.e., MZI) to provide the scanning laser output signal (the scan controlled by, for example, an electrical (encoder) input to the input to the MZI).

Abstract: A compact, integrated LIDAR system utilizes SOI-based opto-electronic components to provide for lower cost and higher reliability as compared to current LIDAR systems. Preferably, an SOI-based LIDAR transmitter and an SOI-based LIDAR receiver (both optical components and electrical components) are integrated within a single module. The various optical and electrical components are formed utilizing portions of the SOI layer and applying well-known CMOS fabrication processes (e.g., patterning, etching, doping), including the formation of additional layer(s) over the SOI layer to provide the required devices. A laser source itself is attached to the SOI arrangement and coupled through an integrated modulation device (such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, i.e., MZI) to provide the scanning laser output signal (the scan controlled by, for example, an electrical (encoder) input to the input to the MZI).