Optical window with integrated temperature sensing

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing thereon instructions for controlling a temperature profile of an optical window, the instructions instructing at least one processor to:

• measure a temperature-dependent electrical property of a thermally sensitive material included in the optical window by using an embedded electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield in the optical window, the EMI shield including a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires;
• determine the temperature profile of the optical window based on the measured temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material included in the optical window;
• and
• based on the measured temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material included in the optical window, selectively bias at least one wire of the two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires to locally alter the temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material in at least one selected spatial region of the optical window to control the temperature profile of the optical window.