Linear-fan configuration of photonic integrated circuit imagers
US10914900B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B9/02041
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) imager includes a substrate, and a number of PIC imager units disposed in an arbitrary configuration on the substrate. Each PIC imager unit includes a PIC coupled to an optical connector, and a number of lenslets configured as a linear lenslet array and optically coupled to an edge of the PIC. Pairs of lenslets of the linear lenslet array are optically coupled to respective waveguides embedded in the PIC.
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