CONTROLLING REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE DURING FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20240134113A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18191683

    申请日:2023-03-27

    摘要: In some implementations, a substrate tube in a modified chemical vapor deposition process may rotate while glass precursors flow into the substrate tube at a fixed rate. Dopants may be delivered into the substrate tube while heat is applied to the substrate tube to deposit, on an inner wall of the substrate tube, a layer of material including the glass precursors and the dopants. A lateral position of an exit of an injection tube used to deliver the dopants may be adjusted while the substrate tube is rotated and heat is applied to the substrate tube such that the material deposited on the inner wall of the substrate tube has an azimuthally non-uniform doping concentration. Alternatively, a rotation of the substrate tube may be adjusted to create opposing temperature gradients within the substrate tube, causing non-uniform layer deposition to occur on different sides of the substrate tube in alternating passes.

    METHODS FOR DRIVING OPTICAL LOADS AND DRIVER CIRCUITS FOR OPTICAL LOADS

    公开(公告)号:US20240118395A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US18500324

    申请日:2023-11-02

    IPC分类号: G01S7/484 H01S5/042 H04B10/50

    摘要: A driver circuit, for generating narrow electrical pulses of high repetition rate with high peak current and low after pulse ringing to drive an optical load, may include a source, a first circuit path, and a second circuit path. The first circuit path may be connected to the source and may include inductive elements and a switch. The switch being in a closed state may charge current in the inductive elements through the first circuit path. The second circuit path may connect to the optical load and may be connected to the source. The second circuit path may include the inductive elements and a capacitive element in series with the optical load. The switch transitioning from the closed state to an open state may discharge current from the inductive elements through the second circuit path to provide an electrical pulse to the optical load.

    MULTI-CARRIER TRANSMITTER WITH INTEGRATED MULTIPLEXER AND RECEIVER WITH INTEGRATED DEMULTIPLEXER

    公开(公告)号:US20240080106A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18066001

    申请日:2022-12-14

    IPC分类号: H04B10/61

    CPC分类号: H04B10/614 H04B10/6163

    摘要: In some implementations, an optical receiver includes a polarization beam splitter configured to split a reception signal into a first polarization reception signal and a second polarization reception signal, a first demultiplexing component configured to demultiplex the first polarization reception signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal associated with a first polarization, a second demultiplexing component configured to demultiplex the second polarization reception signal into a third optical signal and a fourth optical signal associated with a second polarization, a first demodulation component configured to mix the first optical signal and the third optical signal with a first local oscillator signal to demodulate the first optical signal and the third optical signal, and a second demodulation component configured to mix the second optical signal and the fourth optical signal with a second local oscillator signal to demodulate the second optical signal and the fourth optical signal.

    PUMP-SIGNAL COMBINER
    16.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240036255A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17936114

    申请日:2022-09-28

    IPC分类号: G02B6/255 H01S3/094 G02B6/04

    摘要: A system may perform an uptapering process to cause a signal fiber to have a fiber core with a first uptapered thickness profile and a fiber cladding with a second uptapered thickness profile. The system may perform, after performing the uptapering process, an uptapering removal process to cause the fiber cladding of the signal fiber to not have the second uptapered thickness profile. The system may perform, after performing the uptapering removal process, a bundling process to bundle the signal fiber and a set of one or more pump fibers in a bundle configuration. The system may perform, after performing the bundling process, a bundle unification process to cause the bundle configuration to form a unified bundle configuration. The system may perform, after performing the bundle unification process, an attachment process to cause an end of the unified bundle configuration to attach to an end of an output fiber.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

    公开(公告)号:US20240019551A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US17938848

    申请日:2022-10-07

    IPC分类号: G01S7/481 G01S17/89

    摘要: In some implementations, a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array including a plurality of VCSELs. The VCSEL array may have a first aspect ratio. The LIDAR system may include a set of transmission optics configured to receive light from the VCSEL array and to illuminate a field of view having a second aspect ratio that is greater than the first aspect ratio. The LIDAR system may include an image sensor array configured for line readout. The image sensor array may have a third aspect ratio that is different from the first aspect ratio. The LIDAR system may include a set of reception optics configured to image light reflected from objects in the field of view, having the second aspect ratio, onto the image sensor array having the third aspect ratio.