Patents by Inventor Esben Andresen

Esben Andresen 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).

  • Patent number: 11947101
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (200) for transporting and controlling light beams comprising a light guide (40) comprising a bundle (50) of uncoupled single-mode optical fibers (Fi), each single-mode optical fiber (Fi) being intended to receive an elementary light beam (B1i) at a proximal end and to emit a light beam (B2i) at a distal end, said bundle of single-mode optical fibers comprising, in operation, a minimum radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum curvature of the bundle of fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Université de Lille, Ecole Centrale de Marseille
    Inventors: Hervé Rigneault, Géraud Bouwmans, Esben Andresen, Siddarth Sivankutty, Viktor Tsvirkun, Olivier Vanvincq
  • Publication number: 20210382290
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (200) for transporting and controlling light beams comprising a light guide (40) comprising a bundle (50) of uncoupled single-mode optical fibers (Fi), each single-mode optical fiber (Fi) being intended to receive an elementary light beam (B1i) at a proximal end and to emit a light beam (B2i) at a distal end, said bundle of single-mode optical fibers comprising, in operation, a minimum radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum curvature of the bundle of fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Université de Lille, Ecole Centrale de Marseille
    Inventors: Hervé Rigneault, Géraud Bouwmans, Esben Andresen, Siddarth Sivankutty, Viktor Tsvirkun, Olivier Vanvincq
  • Patent number: 10571678
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention concerns a device for transporting and controlling light pulses for lensless endo-microscopic imaging and comprises: a bundle of N monomode optical fibers (Fi) arranged in a given pattern, each monomode optical fiber being characterized by a relative group delay value (Ax) defined relative to the travel time of a pulse propagating in a reference monomode optical fiber (F0) of the bundle of fibers (40), an optical device for controlling group velocity (50) comprising a given number M of waveplates (Pj) characterized by a given delay (8tj); a first spatial light modulator (51) suitable for forming from an incident light beam a number N of elementary light beams (Bi) each of which is intended to enter into one of said optical fibers, each elementary beam being intended to pass into a given waveplate such that the sum of the delay introduced by said waveplate and the relative group delay of the optical fiber intended to receive said elementary light beam is minimal in abs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d' Aix-Marseille
    Inventors: Esben Andresen, Hervé Rigneault
  • Publication number: 20190028641
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the present description relates to a system for high resolution imaging of an object comprising a fiber bundle (1) comprising an array of optical fiber cores (A), said fiber bundle being adapted to receive a plurality of light beams issued from spatially incoherent point sources of an object; the system further comprises a two-dimensional detector (240) with a detection plane, located at a proximal end of the fiber bundle, adapted to receive speckle patterns, each speckle pattern resulting from the transmission of one of said light beams through at least a plurality of the fiber bundle cores, the ensemble of speckle patterns detected by the two-dimensional detector forming a multiple speckles image; and a processing unit (250) adapted to determine an image of the object from said multiple speckles image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: Université d'Aix-Marseille, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNR S, Ecole Centrale de Marseille (ECM), Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)
    Inventors: Hervé Rigneault, Esben Andresen, Amir Porat, Dan Oron, Ori Katz, Sylvain Gigan
  • Publication number: 20180011309
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention concerns a device for transporting and controlling light pulses for lensless endo-microscopic imaging and comprises: a bundle of N monomode optical fibers (F1) arranged in a given pattern, each monomode optical fiber being characterized by a relative group delay value (Ax) defined relative to the travel time of a pulse propagating in a reference monomode optical fiber (F0) of the bundle of fibers (40), an optical device for controlling group velocity (50) comprising a given number M of waveplates (Pj) characterized by a given delay (8tj); a first spatial light modulator (51) suitable for forming from an incident light beam a number N of elementary light beams (Bi) each of which is intended to enter into one of said optical fibers, each elementary beam being intended to pass into a given waveplate such that the sum of the delay introduced by said waveplate and the relative group delay of the optical fiber intended to receive said elementary light beam is minimal in abs
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Aix-Marseille
    Inventors: Esben Andresen, Hervé Rigneault
  • Patent number: 9494522
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device for detecting a resonant non-linear optical signal of Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) type induced in a sample. The device comprises electro-optical means for making interact in the sample, at a first modulation frequency, trains of light pulses of angular frequencies ?1 and ?2 and, at a second modulation frequency, trains of light pulses of angular frequencies ?2 and ?3, such that ?2??1=?3??2=?R where ?R is a molecular vibrational resonant angular frequency of the sample. Moreover, the device comprises means for synchronous detection at the first and second modulation frequencies of non-linear optical signals resulting from the interaction of the light pulses in the sample, and electronic processing means making it possible to obtain, from electronic signals resulting from the synchronous detection, a signal characterizing the molecular vibrational resonance of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Université Aix-Marseille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Pascal Berto, Esben Andresen, Hervé Rigneault
  • Publication number: 20160047750
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device for detecting a resonant non-linear optical signal of Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) type induced in a sample. The device comprises electro-optical means for making interact in the sample, at a first modulation frequency, trains of light pulses of angular frequencies ?1 and ?2 and, at a second modulation frequency, trains of light pulses of angular frequencies ?2 and ?3, such that ?2??1=?3??2=?R where ?R is a molecular vibrational resonant angular frequency of the sample. Moreover, the device comprises means for synchronous detection at the first and second modulation frequencies of non-linear optical signals resulting from the interaction of the light pulses in the sample, and electronic processing means making it possible to obtain, from electronic signals resulting from the synchronous detection, a signal characterizing the molecular vibrational resonance of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicants: UNIVERSITÉ AIX-MARSEILLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Pascal Berto, Esben Andresen, Hervé Rigneault