Patents by Inventor Austin Steinforth

Austin Steinforth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low-speckle light source and imaging devices with micro-refractive element stabilized laser array
    Patent number: 10620449
    Abstract: A light source for an imaging system. The light source includes a microresonator laser array having opposing mirrors arranged substantially parallel to one another. A laser gain medium is between the opposing mirrors. An array of microrefractive elements is arranged to stabilize the microresonator. A pump laser's output is shaped by a lens that directs it toward the micro-resonator laser array. An output lens directs a plurality of laser beams from the microresonator laser array to be incoherently combined at an object to be illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jose A. Rivera, Austin Steinforth, J. Gary Eden
  • LOW-SPECKLE LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGING DEVICES WITH MICRO-REFRACTIVE ELEMENT STABILIZED LASER ARRAY
    Publication number: 20190094564
    Abstract: A light source for an imaging system. The light source includes a microresonator laser array having opposing mirrors arranged substantially parallel to one another. A laser gain medium is between the opposing mirrors. An array of microrefractive elements is arranged to stabilize the microresonator. A pump laser's output is shaped by a lens that directs it toward the micro-resonator laser array. An output lens directs a plurality of laser beams from the microresonator laser array to be incoherently combined at an object to be illuminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jose A. Rivera, Austin Steinforth, J. Gary Eden