Integrated optical system and components utilizing tunable optical sources and coherent detection and phased array for imaging, ranging, sensing, communications …

E Swanson - US Patent 9,683,928, 2017 - Google Patents
An integrated optical system includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having a frequency
tunable optical source, a coherent optical receiver, and an optical phased array for coupling …

Light detection and ranging system with photonic integrated circuit

E Swanson - US Patent 10,627,485, 2020 - Google Patents
In another embodiment the system uses an optical photonic phased array. The phase array
can be a static phased array to eliminate or augment the lens that couples light to and from a …

Integrated optical coherence tomography systems and methods

E Swanson, C Doerr - US Patent 9,464,883, 2016 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are optical integration technologies, designs, systems and methods
directed toward Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric optical …

System and method for generating a wide-field OCT image of a portion of a sample

A Berkeley, D Rempel, J Silver - US Patent 9,677,869, 2017 - Google Patents
Various embodiments of systems and methods are described herein for obtaining wide field
OCT images and other types of image data from at least one portion of a sample. Various …

Optical measurement system using multicore optical fiber

E Swanson - US Patent 10,895,525, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical-fiber measurement system includes an optical system that generates light and a
spatial optical switch that is coupled to the optical system that processes the light generated …

Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry

SH Yun, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, JF De Boer - US Patent 9,812,846, 2017 - Google Patents
Exemplary apparatus and method are provided. In particular, an electromagnetic radiation
can be emitted with, eg a light source arrangement. For example, the light source …

Integrated optical system with photonic integrated circuit including coherent optical receiver and optical phased array

E Swanson - US Patent 10,416,288, 2019 - Google Patents
An integrated optical system includes a frequency tunable optical source. A reference path is
coupled to the frequency tunable source. The integrated optical system also includes a …

Integrated optical system with optical phased array photonic integrated circuit

E Swanson - US Patent 10,191,145, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT Related US Application Data Disclosed herein are optical integration
technologies,..... designs, systems and methods directed toward Optical (62) Division of …

Few-mode fiber endoscope

E Swanson - US Patent 10,969,571, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are configurations for few-mode fiber optical endoscope systems
employing distal optics and few-mode, double-clad or other optical fiber wherein the …

Integrated optical system

E Swanson, C Doerr - US Patent 10,132,610, 2018 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are optical integration technologies, designs, systems and methods
directed toward Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric optical …