Lens Or Lens System Patents (Class 372/101)
  • Patent number: 12191627
    Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical functional element outputting a first light beam; a first optical part receiving the first light beam, having a predetermined effect on the first light beam, and outputting the affected first light beam as a second light beam; a second optical part receiving the second light beam, having a predetermined effect on the second light beam, outputting the affected second light beam as a third light beam, and reflecting a reflected light beam in a direction not coupled to the first optical part, the reflected light beam being generated from the second light on an incident surface on which the second light beam is incident; a housing accommodating the optical functional element, the first optical part, and the second optical part; and an optical attenuator provided inside the housing and attenuating power of the reflected light beam incident on the optical attenuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamaoka, Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba
  • Patent number: 12170211
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes an energy distribution correcting unit that forms skirt parts of a Gaussian distribution of an energy distribution in a Y-axis direction regarding a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator into a perpendicular distribution, an imaging lens group composed of two or more lenses that form an image of the beam shape of the laser beam for which the energy distribution has been corrected by the energy distribution correcting unit on the upper surface of the workpiece, and one cylindrical lens that adjusts the energy density in an X-axis direction regarding the laser beam for which the energy distribution has been corrected by the energy distribution correcting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12163438
    Abstract: A method of inspecting blades of a gas turbine engine for abnormalities includes projecting light from a light source into an illumination area; utilizing a sensor to record data of at least one reflection of the projected light from a blade that is part of a gas turbine engine and is disposed in the illumination area; determining, based on the recorded data, whether the blade is abnormal; and based on the determining indicating that the blade is abnormal, providing a blade abnormality notification. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremiah C. Lee, Daniel McMenamin, Janet Shaw
  • Patent number: 12140869
    Abstract: A control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus is a control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus configured to emit a pulse laser beam including a first wavelength component and a second wavelength component. The apparatus includes a laser chamber including a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator including an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a parameter of an energy ratio of the first and second wavelength components, and a processor in which relation data indicating a relation of the parameter of the energy ratio with a control parameter of the adjustment mechanism is stored. The control method includes receiving a command value of the parameter of the energy ratio from an external device, and acquiring, based on the relation data, a value of the control parameter corresponding to the command value and controlling the adjustment mechanism based on the value of the control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Yousuke Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 12132293
    Abstract: A portable lighting apparatus is provided with a gallium-and-nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source combined with an infrared illumination source which are driven by drivers disposed in a printed circuit board assembly enclosed in a compact housing and powered by a portable power supply therein. The portable lighting apparatus includes a first wavelength converter configured to output a white-color emission and an infrared emission. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white-color emission and the infrared emission to a front aperture of a compact housing of the portable lighting apparatus. An optical transmitting unit is configured to project or transmit a directional light beam of the white light emission and/or the infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest, transmitting a pulsed sensing signal or modulated data signal generated by the drivers therein. In some configurations, detectors are included for depth sensing and visible/infrared light communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
  • Patent number: 12105426
    Abstract: A control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus is a control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus configured to emit a pulse laser beam including a first wavelength component and a second wavelength component. The apparatus includes a laser chamber including a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator including an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a parameter of an energy ratio of the first and second wavelength components, and a processor in which relation data indicating a relation of the parameter of the energy ratio with a control parameter of the adjustment mechanism is stored. The control method includes receiving a command value of the parameter of the energy ratio from an external device, and acquiring, based on the relation data, a value of the control parameter corresponding to the command value and controlling the adjustment mechanism based on the value of the control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Yousuke Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 12027810
    Abstract: A quasi-monolithic solid-state laser in which the optical components of the laser cavity are bonded to a common substrate via mounts. The optical components and their mounts are fixedly connected to each other and to the substrate by bonding. While the gain medium is bonded to a mount made of a different material with high thermal conductivity for heat sinking, the cavity's lens and mirror components and their mounts are all made of the same material as the substrate, or a different material that is thermally matched to the substrate, and fixedly mounted on the substrate solely with bonding. The bonding is achieved with adhesive bonding, or some other form of bonding such as molecular bonding, chemically activated direct bonding or hydroxide catalysis bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MENHIR PHOTONICS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Rudin, Florian Emaury, Roger Valentin
  • Patent number: 12015241
    Abstract: A laser module includes an optical assembly, a laser chip disposed on a side of the optical assembly, a power supply structure, a packaging structure and a heat dissipation structure. The power supply structure includes a first electrode and a second electrode both connected to the laser chip. An accommodating cavity is formed in the packaging structure, and the optical assembly is at least partially received in the accommodating cavity. The heat dissipation structure is sleeved on an outer side of the packaging structure, and abuts against the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Zhou
  • Patent number: 12004722
    Abstract: A medical observation system for observing a biological object includes a medical light source apparatus for illuminating the biological object. The medical light source apparatus includes a first, second and third laser light sources that emit respective first, second, and third laser light beams. First and second laser light beams have different wavelength bands. The medical light source apparatus also includes an optical assembly including a reflecting surface disposed to reflect the first laser light beam, cause the second laser light beam to be transmitted therethrough, and guide the first laser light beam and the second laser light beam in a same direction. The medical light source apparatus also includes a reflection mirror having a reflecting surface that is not parallel with the reflecting surface of the optical assembly. The system includes a medical observation device including a detector for detecting a light received from the biological object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagae, Tomoyuki Oki, Yuichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11988871
    Abstract: A technology is described for a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) radio frequency (RF) oscillator. The PIC RF oscillator can comprise an optical gain media coupled to a first mirror and configured to be coupled to the PIC. The PIC can comprise a first optical cavity located within the PIC, a tunable mirror to form a first optical path between the first mirror in the gain media and the first tunable mirror, and a frequency tunable intra-cavity dual tone resonator positioned within the first optical cavity to constrain the first optical cavity having a common optical path to produce tow primary laser tones with a tunable frequency spacing. A photo detector is optically coupled to the PIC and configured to mix the two primary laser tones to form an RF output signal with a frequency selected by the tunable frequency spacing of the two primary tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
    Inventors: Moe D. Soltani, Ken Dinndorf, Jack W. Holloway, Gerhard Sollner
  • Patent number: 11971163
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of LED elements dispersed and arranged in a plane direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a first optical system that converts light emitted from each of the LED elements into collimated light; and a second optical system that focuses the collimated light. The first optical system includes a first collimating optical system including optical components disposed corresponding to the LED elements and a second collimating optical system including optical components disposed corresponding to the LED elements at the latter stage of the first collimating optical system. The second collimating optical system is capable of adjusting a relative optical positional relation with respect to the LED elements and the first collimating optical system when viewed in a direction of the optical axis in a state in which the LED elements and the first collimating optical system are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeo Matsushima
  • Patent number: 11949825
    Abstract: A scanning optical device includes a deflector, a reflecting mirror, a housing to accommodate the deflector and the mirror; and an elastic member to urge the mirror toward the housing. The mirror includes a first surface urged by the elastic member, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a third surface and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first and second surfaces. The housing includes a bearing surface to support the second surface and a regulating portion to regulate movement of the mirror to a mirror widthwise direction, perpendicular to a mirror longitudinal direction and parallel with the second surface, and toward an opening of the housing. The regulating portion is provided opposite to only a part of the third surface so that a ridge line of the mirror between the second surface and the third surface does not contact the regulating member even an attitude of the mirror changes in a direction away from the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Obara, Taku Murotani, Hiroki Katayama
  • Patent number: 11914214
    Abstract: A reflector device reflects luminous radiation of wavelength ?. The device is provided with a supporting base whereon are assembled a partially transparent mirror having a partially reflective front face and luminous radiation scattering and/or absorption structure to scatter and/or absorb luminous radiation liable to be transmitted by a rear face, opposite the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent Mollard, Christel Dieppedale, Laurent Frey, Francois Gardien, Jean Hue
  • Patent number: 11889046
    Abstract: A compact, low cost vcsel projector for high performance stereodepth camera is disclosed. An example apparatus includes an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs); an array of micro-lenses coupled to the array of VCSELs, centerlines of ones of the micro-lenses offset relative to centerlines of respective ones of the VCSELs; and a projection lens coupled to the array of micro-lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krishna Swaminathan, Anders Grunnet-Jepsen, Leonid M. Keselman
  • Patent number: 11881680
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser module and an assembly method therefor. The laser module is mainly consisted of a lens module configured to be installed in an inner cavity of the height adjustment barrel through an end of the height adjustment barrel and a heat sink threadingly connected with another end of the height adjustment barrel. The laser module is configured in such a manner that a laser diode received in an inner cavity of the heat sink and a lens accommodated within the lens module are aligned along a same optical axis, and the height adjustment barrel is configured to adjust a focal length between the laser diode and the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Sang Pil Moon
  • Patent number: 11742339
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a substrate, a driver circuit array on the substrate and including a plurality of pixel driver circuits arranged in an array, an LED array including a plurality of LED dies each being coupled to one of the pixel driver circuits, a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses each corresponding to and being arranged over at least one of the LED dies, and an optical spacer formed between the LED array and the micro lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Fang Ou, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11664602
    Abstract: A lens according to the disclosure includes a dielectric having a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface and that faces the first surface in a direction of a reference axis intersecting the first surface. The dielectric has an equivalent relative dielectric constant that decreases in a direction from the reference axis toward outer circumferences of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Yamagishi, Ichiro Kuwayama, Katsuyuki Imai
  • Patent number: 11648594
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus is provided. The wafer cleaning apparatus includes comprising a chamber configured to be loaded with a wafer, a nozzle on the wafer and configured to provide liquid chemicals on an upper surface of the wafer, a housing under the wafer, a laser module configured to irradiate laser on the wafer, a transparent window disposed between the wafer and the laser module, and a controller configured to control on/off of the laser module, wherein the controller is configured to control repetition of turning the laser module on and off, and retain temperature of the wafer within a temperature range, and a ratio of time when the laser module is on in one cycle including on/off of the laser module is 30% to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Min Shin, Hun Jae Jang, Seok Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Kun Tack Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Yong Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11624904
    Abstract: An enclosure surrounding the optical component can be connected with a vapor source. The vapor source can provide a vapor to the enclosure with a vapor level from 500 ppm to 15000 ppm. The concentration of vapor in the enclosure can increase the lifespan of the optical component in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: David Jalil Zare, Eduardo Soto, I-Fan Wu, Joseph Walsh, Kent McKernan, Joseph Armstrong, Christopher Davis, Garry Rose, Damon Kvamme, Bernd Burfeindt, Ali Ehsani
  • Patent number: 11585902
    Abstract: An optical system includes a laser source having an emission area that has a first width in a first direction and a first height in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first width being greater than the first height. The optical system further includes a cylindrical lens having a negative power and positioned in front of the laser source. The cylindrical lens is oriented such that a power axis of the cylindrical lens is along the first direction. The cylindrical lens is configured to transform the emission area of a laser beam emitted by the laser source into a virtual emission area having a virtual width and a virtual height, where the virtual width is less than the first width. The optical system further includes an rotationally symmetric lens positioned downstream from the cylindrical lens and configured to collimate and direct the laser beam towards a far-field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cepton Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. McCord, Jun Pei, Dongyi Liao
  • Patent number: 11588293
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for aligning a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The method includes ramping up a pumping power input into a laser amplifier chain of the MOPA system until the pumping power input reaches an operational pumping power input level; adjusting a seed laser power output of a seed laser of the MOPA system until the seed laser power output is at a first level below an operational seed laser power output level; and performing a first optical alignment process to the MOPA system while the pumping power input is at the operational pumping power input level, the seed laser power output is at the first level, and the MOPA system reaches a steady operational thermal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Lin Louis Chang, Henry Tong Yee-Shian, Alan Tu, Han-Lung Chang, Tzung-Chi Fu, Bo-Tsun Liu, Li-Jui Chen, Po-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 11581698
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a substrate having a first surface, and a second surface opposite of the first surface; a plurality of surface emitting laser elements provided on the first surface of the substrate and configured to emit light in a direction intersecting the first surface; a plurality of optical elements disposed on the second surface so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of surface emitting laser elements; and an anti-reflection structure between the substrate and the plurality of optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohta, Toshiyuki Ikeoh, Atsushi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11560987
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source device includes a first light source configured to emit first light, and a first lens that includes a first surface on which the first light having a first optical axis is incident and a second surface from which a second light having a second optical axis is emitted. An intensity of the first light has a first value on the first optical axis of the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Aruga, Akira Nagahashi
  • Patent number: 11522739
    Abstract: A first physical layer device includes a first transmitter and a first receiver. The first transmitter transmits first data to a second physical layer device over a medium at a first line rate during a first transmit period. The first receiver is configured to not receive data during the first transmit period and an echo reflection period occurring after the first transmit period. The echo reflection period is based on a length of the medium between the first physical layer device and the second physical layer device. The first receiver is configured to, after the echo reflection period, receive second data from the second physical layer device over the medium at a second line rate that is less than the first line rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Axonne, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lo
  • Patent number: 11503696
    Abstract: A light source with radiating plasma sustained in the gas-filled chamber by a focused beam of CW laser. The gas is inert gas with a purity of at least 99.99%. The chamber contains a metal housing with at least one window made of MgF2 for outputting a plasma radiation. Each window is located in a hole of the housing on the end of a sleeve and is soldered to the sleeve by means of glass cement, and each sleeve is welded to the hole of the metal housing on the outside seam. The sleeves and the housing are made of an alloy with a coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE), matched with the CLTE of the MgF2 crystal in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the MgF2 crystal. The technical result consists in expanding the radiation spectrum of the light source into the VUV region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: RnD-ISAN, Ltd, Isteq B.V.
    Inventors: Dmitriy Borisovich Abramenko, Yurii Borisovich Kiryukhin, Denis Alexandrovich Glushkov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Krivtsun, Aleksandr Andreevich Lash
  • Patent number: 11456575
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) may include a substrate and a set of epitaxial layers on the substrate. The set of epitaxial layers may include a first mirror and a second mirror, an active region between the first mirror and the second mirror, and an oxidation layer to provide optical and electrical confinement in the VCSEL. The oxidation layer may be near the first mirror. The set of epitaxial layers may include an oxide lens to control a characteristic of an output beam emitted by the VCSEL. The oxide lens may be separate from the oxidation layer, and may be a lens that is separate from the first mirror and from the second mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Albert Yuen, Eric R. Hegblom
  • Patent number: 11417641
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a substrate, a driver circuit array on the substrate and including a plurality of pixel driver circuits arranged in an array, an LED array including a plurality of LED dies each being coupled to one of the pixel driver circuits, a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses each corresponding to and being arranged over at least one of the LED dies, and an optical spacer formed between the LED array and the micro lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Fang Ou, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11385420
    Abstract: A photon source may be composed of a substrate defining a planar surface, an optical shell having an annular base surface disposed above the substrate, and a plurality of optical sources. Each optical source may be composed of a mirror and an optical emitter aligned with the mirror along an optical axis. The mirror may be configured to reflect a collimated optical beam emitted by the optical emitter onto the annular base surface. The mirrors of the plurality of optical sources may be arranged in a first ring-like configuration. The annular base surface may be disposed above the first ring-like configuration. The optical emitters of the plurality of optical sources may be arranged in a second ring-like configuration. In one aspect, the optical shell may be a hollow frustum. In another aspect, a focus lens may be disposed between the substrate and the optical shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Imtiaz Majid, Chih-Hao Wang, Peng-Chih Li
  • Patent number: 11273321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phototherapy apparatus, to a method for operating same, and to a treatment method using same. The phototherapy apparatus includes a body including a first resonator generating a first wavelength of light, a first module connected to the body and radiating the first wavelength of light generated from the first resonator to the outside, and a second module generating a second wavelength of light using the first wavelength of light transmitted from the body and radiating the second wavelength light to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hee Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 11191147
    Abstract: The light source contains a chamber with a region of radiating plasma sustained by a focused beam of a CW laser. The chamber consists of a tube, a bottom and a cap. The cap is arranged for filling the chamber with gas. The tube and bottom are made from an optically transparent material. The bottom is arranged for input into the chamber of the CW laser beam and pulsed laser beams used for the plasma ignition, while the tube is arranged for exit of the output beam of plasma radiation. Preferably shape of the tube is arranged for reducing aberrations which distort a path of rays of plasma radiation passing through the tube wall. The technical result consists in creating electrodeless high-brightness broadband light sources with the high spatial and power stability, and in providing an ability to collect plasma radiation in a spatial angle of more than 9 sr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: RnD-ISAN, Ltd, ISTEQ B.V.
    Inventors: Dmitriy Borisovich Abramenko, Robert Rafilevich Gayasov, Denis Alexandrovich Glushkov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Krivtsun, Aleksandr Andreevich Lash
  • Patent number: 11189985
    Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly is disclosed. The disclosed assembly includes one or more lasers formed on a first substrate, and a programmable driver circuit formed on a second substrate configured as an integrated circuit. The first and second substrates are mounted on a third substrate in a stacked arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: David Allouche, Michael Chu, Brian R. Carey, Jonathan Ashbrook, Anita Chan, Krzysztof Szczerba
  • Patent number: 11165216
    Abstract: A set of optical elements for optical extraction composed of packed expanding optical cross sections to efficiently extract from a large gain region. The elements are rectangular shaped concave small expansion lenses matched to rectangular convex collimating lenses. Absorbing sheets divide an overall large volume up into smaller volumes to minimize losses due to amplified spontaneous emission. This arrangement has various applications, particularly in inertial confinement technology, where it may be used to extract energy from KrF laser media energized by electron beams. For certain applications, this regime of the gain medium may have zones at the absorbing sheets where this is no gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INNOVEN ENERGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Adlai H. Smith
  • Patent number: 11128100
    Abstract: A VCSEL illuminator package includes one or more VCSELs in a substrate. The one or more VCSELs are operable to generate a VCSEL output radiation beam. An encapsulant covers the one or more VCSELs, and an optical structure is integrated in the encapsulant. The optical structure is disposed in a path of the VCSEL output radiation beam and is operable to change at least one of a propagation characteristic or intensity distribution of the VCSEL output radiation beam exiting the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Princeton Optronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Baiming Guo, Qing Wang, Laurence Watkins, Jean-Francois Seurin
  • Patent number: 11079221
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus of optical module assembly, where the method includes: when an optical module to be aligned images, controlling an alignment mechanism clamping a lens to be assembled to move in a set direction by a set movement step; when the alignment mechanism moves each time, collecting light spots imaged by the optical module to be aligned sequentially, and selecting an estimated light spot with a minimum size from the collected light spots; searching for an ideal light spot with a minimum size according to a reduced movement step and the estimated light spot with the minimum size; determining a movement position of the alignment mechanism when the ideal light spot with the minimum size is collected as an optimal position of the alignment mechanism; and controlling the alignment mechanism to move to the optimal position to align the lens to be assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Nanjing Dong, Debo Sun
  • Patent number: 10964523
    Abstract: The invention relates to plasma light sources with a continuous optical discharge (COD). The light source contains a gas filled chamber with a region of radiating plasma sustained by a focused beam of a CW laser. A density of gas particles in the chamber is less than 90·1019 cm?3 and a temperature of the chamber is in a range from 600 to 900 K or optionally higher. Preferably the density of gas particles is as low as possible and the temperature of the inner surface of the chamber at operation is as high as possible under providing a gas pressure in the chamber of about 50 bar or more. The technical result of the invention consists in providing COD sustaining conditions, which are optimal for achieving high stability and high brightness of the radiating plasma, in the creation on this basis of broadband light sources with ultra-high brightness and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: RnD-ISAN, Ltd, ISTEQ B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Rafilevich Gayasov, Denis Alexandrovich Glushkov, Yurii Borisovich Kiryukhin, Vladimir Mikhailovich Krivtsun, Aleksandr Andreevich Lash
  • Patent number: 10901143
    Abstract: A light pipe assembly includes a light pipe having one or more first crush ribs extending outwardly from an outer surface of the light pipe. The light pipe assembly further includes a light pipe housing having one or more second crush ribs extending into a cavity of the light pipe housing. When the light pipe is positioned in the cavity of the light pipe housing, the light pipe is retained in the light pipe housing by the one or more first crush ribs and the one or more second crush ribs. The one or more first crush ribs come in contact with and press against the one or more second crush ribs when the light pipe is positioned in the cavity of the light pipe housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: David Schattner, Kyle Proctor
  • Patent number: 10855049
    Abstract: A pulse laser apparatus (100) for creating laser pulses (1), in particular soliton laser pulses (1), based on Kerr lens mode locking of a circulating light field in an oscillator cavity (10), comprises at least two resonator mirrors (11, 12, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
    Inventors: Oleg Pronin, Ferenc Krausz, Jonathan Brons
  • Patent number: 10845727
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a first driving element, a second driving element, a rotatable polygonal mirror, a first scanning optical portion, a second scanning optical portion, a detecting element, and a circuit board. The first light source, the first driving element and the detecting element are arranged in a named order on the circuit board. The following relationship is satisfied: ?1>?2, where ?1 is an angle formed by a direction of the first laser light and a first direction, and ?2 is an angle formed by a direction of the second laser light and a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Obara
  • Patent number: 10811835
    Abstract: A laser frame for holding a plurality of optical components includes a first flexure structure for adjustably holding a first one of the optical components, and a first cellular structure for supporting and cooling a second one of the optical components. The first flexure structure and the first cellular structure are each a unitary structure formed by additive manufacturing. Also, a laser frame for holding an optical component includes a passive cooling cellular structure for supporting and cooling the optical component. The passive cooling cellular structure has a non-uniform density, and the laser frame is a unitary structure formed by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng Kevin Chen, Shuo Li, Albert Chi Fu To
  • Patent number: 10802417
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical scanning unit which includes a first light source, a first rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the beam emitted from the first light source, a second light source, a second rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the beam emitted from the second light source; and a housing accommodating the polygonal mirrors. The housing includes only three fixed portions fixed to a fixing portion for fixing the optical scanning unit. The first rotatable polygonal mirror and the second rotatable polygonal mirror are disposed such that a rotational axis of the first rotatable polygonal mirror and a rotational axis of the second rotatable polygonal mirror are in a triangular area defined by lines connecting the three fixed portions, as viewed in a rotation axial direction of the first rotatable polygonal mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Sano
  • Patent number: 10804677
    Abstract: A stabilized diode laser device is disclosed, which includes a unibody mounting plate that is mated mechanically to a thermoelectric cooler. The unibody mounting plate comprises chambers in which components, including a laser diode, are aligned and secured. A combination of the secured components within the unibody mounting plate, along with the thermoelectric cooler, provides stabilization of the laser diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Andrew P. Bartko, Ryan W. Daly, Theodore J. Ronningen, Brad Ross, Karen Walczak
  • Patent number: 10768305
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor to acquire point cloud information for each channel on a surrounding ground of the vehicle by using a multichannel laser. The vehicle further includes a communicator to communicate with an external server, and a processor to control the communicator to receive map data from the external server and to determine a position of the vehicle in the map data based on the point cloud information for each channel, acquired through the LiDAR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aron Baik
  • Patent number: 10732286
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor to acquire point cloud information for each channel on a surrounding ground of the vehicle by using a multichannel laser. The vehicle further includes a communicator to communicate with an external server, and a processor to control the communicator to receive map data from the external server and to determine a position of the vehicle in the map data based on the point cloud information for each channel, acquired through the LiDAR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Aron Baik
  • Patent number: 10718923
    Abstract: A thermally tunable optoelectronic module includes a light emitting assembly operable to emit light of a particular wavelength or range of wavelengths. The light emitting assembly is disposed to a temperature-dependent wavelength shift. The thermally tunable optoelectronic module further includes an optical assembly aligned to the light emitting assembly, and separated from the light emitting assembly by an alignment distance. The thermally tunable optoelectronic module further includes a thermally tunable spacer disposed between the optical assembly and the light-emitting assembly, the thermally tunable spacer is operable to counteract the temperature-dependent wavelength shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Lukas Balimann, James Eilertsen
  • Patent number: 10673202
    Abstract: A laser component is provided which comprises: a surface emitting semiconductor laser configured to emit electromagnetic radiation along an emission axis, an optical element disposed downstream of the semiconductor laser along the emission axis, wherein the optical element comprises a diffractive structure, and a further optical element configured to cause radiation to be emitted asymmetrically with respect to the emission axis. Furthermore, the use of a laser component, a device having a laser component and a method for the production of laser components are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Rossbach, Hubert Halbritter
  • Patent number: 10530120
    Abstract: Direct diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers use fiber-coupled laser diodes as pump beam sources. The pump beam may be polarized or non-polarized. Light at wavelengths below 527 nm may be used in cryogenic configurations. Multiple diode outputs may be polarization or spectrally combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew S. Kirchner, Sterling Backus
  • Patent number: 10505331
    Abstract: A CO2 laser that generates laser-radiation in just one emission band of a CO2 gas-mixture has resonator mirrors that form an unstable resonator and at least one spectrally-selective element located on the optical axis of the resonator. The spectrally-selective element may be in the form of one or more protruding or recessed surfaces. Spectral-selectivity is enhanced by forming a stable resonator along the optical axis that includes the spectrally-selective element. The CO2 laser is tunable between emission bands by translating the spectrally-selective element along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Rosenthal, Jens Schüttler, Florian Engel, Gongxue Hua
  • Patent number: 10453999
    Abstract: The invention provides an LED including a first-type semiconductor layer, an emitting layer, a second-type semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a Bragg reflector structure, a conductive layer and insulation patterns. The first electrode and the second electrode are located on the same side of the Bragg reflector structure. The conductive layer is disposed between the Bragg reflector structure and the second-type semiconductor layer. The insulation patterns are disposed between the conductive layer and the second-type semiconductor layer. Each insulating layer has a first surface facing toward the second-type semiconductor layer, a second surface facing away from the second-type semiconductor layer, and an inclined surface. The inclined surface connects the first surface and the second surface and is inclined with respect to the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Genesis Photonics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ru Huang, Tung-Lin Chuang, Yan-Ting Lan, Sheng-Tsung Hsu, Chih-Ming Shen, Jing-En Huang, Teng-Hsien Lai, Hung-Chuan Mai, Kuan-Chieh Huang, Shao-Ying Ting, Cheng-Pin Chen, Wei-Chen Chien, Chih-Chin Cheng, Chih-Hung Tseng
  • Patent number: 10394042
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a source configured to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation propagating in a first direction and a spatial filter. The spatial filter is configured to restrict the beam of electromagnetic radiation in one or more dimensions and includes at least one set of rods including a first rod and a second rod. The first rod is a first cylindrical structure with a first axis in a first plane and the second rod is a second cylindrical structure with a second axis in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The first axis and the second axis are longitudinal axes, and the first and the second rods have shaped surfaces in portions of their respective surfaces facing one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Gregory Tiemann, Glenn T. Bennett, Joel Richard Blum
  • Patent number: 10363431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phototherapy apparatus, to a method for operating same, and to a treatment method using same. The phototherapy apparatus includes a body including a first resonator generating a first wavelength of light, a first module connected to the body and radiating the first wavelength of light generated from the first resonator to the outside, and a second module generating a second wavelength of light using the first wavelength of light transmitted from the body and radiating the second wavelength light to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hee Chul Lee