INTEGRATED OPTICAL SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS UTILIZING TUNABLE OPTICAL SOURCES AND COHERENT DETECTION AND PHASED ARRAY FOR IMAGING, RANGING, SENSING, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
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    发明申请
    INTEGRATED OPTICAL SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS UTILIZING TUNABLE OPTICAL SOURCES AND COHERENT DETECTION AND PHASED ARRAY FOR IMAGING, RANGING, SENSING, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS 审中-公开
    集成光学系统和组件利用可控光源和相关检测和相位阵列进行成像,测距,传感,通信和其他应用

    公开(公告)号:US20140376001A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-25

    申请号:US14312621

    申请日:2014-06-23

    Applicant: Eric SWANSON

    Inventor: Eric SWANSON

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical integration technologies, designs, systems and methods directed toward Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric optical sensor, ranging, and imaging systems wherein such systems, methods and structures employ tunable optical sources, coherent detection and other structures on a single or multichip monolithic integration. In contrast to contemporary, prior-art OCT systems and structures that employ simple, miniature optical bench technology using small optical components positioned on a substrate, systems and methods according to the present disclosure employ one or more photonic integrated circuits (PICs), use swept-source techniques, and employ a widely tunable optical source(s).In another embodiment the system uses an optical photonic phased array. The phase array can be a static phased array to eliminate or augment the lens that couples light to and from a sample of interest or can be static and use a spectrally dispersive antenna and a tunable source to perform angular sweeping. The phased array can be active in 1 or 2 dimensions so as to scan the light beam in angle. The phased array can also adjust focus. The phased array can implement an optical waveform that will extend depth of field focus for imaging. The phase array can also be a separate standalone element that is fed by one or more optical fibers. The phased array can be for scanning a biomedical specimen used in conjunction with a swept-source OCT system, can be used in a free-space coherent optical communication system for beam pointing or tracking, used in LIDAR applications, or many other beam control or beam steering applications.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开的是针对光学相干层析成像(OCT)和其他干涉光学传感器,范围和其中这样的系统,方法和结构采用可调谐光源,相干检测和其他结构的光学集成技术,设计,系统和方法 单芯片或多芯片单片集成。 与采用使用位于衬底上的小型光学组件的简单的微型光学平台技术的现代的现有技术的OCT系统和结构不同,根据本公开的系统和方法采用一个或多个光子集成电路(PIC),使用扫描 源技术,并采用广泛可调谐的光源。 在另一个实施例中,系统使用光子学相位阵列。 相位阵列可以是静态相控阵列,以消除或增加将光耦合到感兴趣的样本或来自感兴趣的样本的透镜,或者可以是静态的,并且使用光谱分散天线和可调谐源执行角扫描。 相控阵可以在1或2维中有效,以扫描光束的角度。 相控阵也可以调焦。 相控阵可以实现一种光学波形,它将扩大成像的景深对焦。 相位阵列还可以是由一个或多个光纤馈送的单独独立元件。 相控阵可用于扫描与扫频源OCT系统结合使用的生物医学样本,可用于自由空间相干光通信系统,用于光束指向或跟踪,用于激光雷达应用或许多其他光束控制或 梁转向应用。

    SWEPT-SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (SS-OCT) SYSTEM WITH SILICON PHOTONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING ELEMENT HAVING MATCHED PATH LENGTHS
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    发明申请
    SWEPT-SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (SS-OCT) SYSTEM WITH SILICON PHOTONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING ELEMENT HAVING MATCHED PATH LENGTHS 审中-公开
    具有匹配路径长度的硅光子信号处理元件的SWEPT-SOURCE光学相干光谱(SS-OCT)系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160231101A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-11

    申请号:US15018791

    申请日:2016-02-08

    Applicant: Eric SWANSON

    Inventor: Eric SWANSON

    CPC classification number: G01B9/02091 G01B9/02004 G01B9/02051

    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to architectures, methods and systems and structures having application to an interferometric optical system such as a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system including an optical processing element having dual-polarization and dual-balanced in-phase and quadrature processing and photodetection paths on a single integrated photonic chip wherein lengths of the paths are less than or equal to the spatial resolution of a laser source.

    Abstract translation: 本公开的方面涉及具有应用于诸如扫频源光学相干断层摄影(SS-OCT)系统的干涉光学系统的结构,方法和系统和结构,其包括具有双极化和双平衡的光学处理元件 在单个集成光子芯片上的同相和正交处理和光电检测路径,其中路径的长度小于或等于激光源的空间分辨率。

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