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US 2021/0384696 A1Published application
Characterizing an optical element
AssigneeQuantum-Si Incorporated
InventorsJonathan C. Schultz, Andrey V. Okishev, Craig Wenger, Brittany Lathrop, Faisal R. Ahmad
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for characterizing an optical element. The optical element is part of a laser and is mounted on a translation stage to scan the optical element transverse to an intracavity laser beam. A performance characteristic of the laser is recorded as a function of position of the optical element.
Claims2
An optical characterization apparatus comprising:
- a laser configured to generate a laser beam;
- a positioning mount arranged to hold and move an optical element relative to an axis of the laser beam;
- an optical detection system that receives and detects at least one property of the laser beam and characterizes the optical element therefrom;
- and
- a controller, coupled to the optical detection system and positioning mount, that controls
- movement of the optical element by the positioning mount based on the detected at least one property of the laser beam.
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A method of characterizing an optical element, the method comprising:
- determining a performance characteristic of a laser beam as a function of a relative position of the optical element;
- and
- controlling movement relative to the laser beam, and deducing a characterization, of the optical element based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.