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US 2021/0063685 A1Published application
Isothermal enclosure with optical aperture
AssigneeLumentum Operations LLC
InventorsRoozbeh AHMADI, Nenad DURICIC, Doug CROSS
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Abstract
An optical device may include an enclosure including an optical aperture and a plurality of optical components positioned within the enclosure, where the plurality of optical components are to emit and/or receive light through the optical aperture. The optical device may include at least one heating element or cooling element to provide an isothermal environment to the plurality of optical components, where the at least one heating element or cooling element is thermally coupled with the enclosure.
Claims20
An optical device, comprising:
- a first enclosure including a first optical aperture;
- a plurality of optical components positioned within the first enclosure;
- a second enclosure including a second optical aperture,
- wherein the first enclosure is positioned within the second enclosure, and
- wherein:
- the first enclosure is an isothermal enclosure and the second enclosure is a hermetically-sealed enclosure, or
- the first enclosure is the hermetically-sealed enclosure and the second enclosure is the isothermal enclosure;
- at least one heating element or cooling element to provide an isothermal environment to the plurality of optical components,
- wherein the at least one heating element or cooling element is thermally coupled with the isothermal enclosure;
- and
- a thermally-insulating enclosure including a third optical aperture,
- wherein the first enclosure and the second enclosure are positioned within the thermally-insulating enclosure;
- and
- wherein the plurality of optical components are to emit and/or receive light through the first optical aperture, the second optical aperture, and the third optical aperture.
11 more elements
An optical device, comprising:
- a hermetically-sealed enclosure including an optical aperture;
- a plurality of optical components positioned within the hermetically-sealed enclosure,
- wherein the plurality of optical components include a laser component to emit an optical beam and a scanning component to scan a field of view with the optical beam through the optical aperture;
- and
- at least one heating element or cooling element to provide an isothermal environment to the plurality of optical components,
- wherein the at least one heating element or cooling element is positioned within the hermetically-sealed enclosure.
3 more elements
An optical device, comprising:
- an enclosure including an optical aperture;
- a plurality of optical components positioned within the enclosure,
- wherein the plurality of optical components are to emit and/or receive light through the optical aperture;
- and
- at least one heating element or cooling element to provide an isothermal environment to the plurality of optical components,
- wherein the at least one heating element or cooling element is thermally coupled with the enclosure.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.