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US 10,551,624 B2Granted
Compact beam shaping and steering assembly
AssigneeQuantum-Si Incorporated
InventorsJonathan M. Rothberg, Paul E. Glenn, Jonathan C. Schultz, Benjamin Cipriany
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for coupling an optical beam from an optical source to a hi-tech system are described. A compact, low-cost beam-shaping and steering assembly may be located between the optical source and hi-tech system and provide automated adjustments to beam parameters such as beam position, beam rotation, and beam incident angles. The beam-shaping and steering assembly may be used to couple an elongated beam to a plurality of optical waveguides.
Claims19
A beam-shaping and steering assembly comprising:
- a first optical component arranged to transform a first transverse beam shape of an input beam into a second transverse beam shape of a second beam;
- a second optical component arranged to rotate the second transverse beam shape about an optical axis of the second beam;
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- a third optical component arranged to adjust one of:
- a first position of an output beam at a target location or a first incidence angle of a center of the output beam at the target location.
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An optical beam-steering apparatus comprising:
- a first rotary actuator arranged to rotate a first optical window;
- a second rotary actuator arranged to rotate a second optical window;
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- a lens, wherein rotation of the first optical window adjusts a lateral position of an optical beam at a target location and rotation of the second optical window adjusts an incident angle of the beam at the target location without changing the lateral position by more than 10 microns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.