Coherent receiver for free space optical communications and lidar

WJ Brown, H Clark, MR Palmer - US Patent 10,965,379, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical receiver is provided that includes a detector array of multiple detector elements,
and processing circuits coupled to the multiple detector elements. The detector array is …

Wavefront correction for beam shaping

Y Lu, Y Wang - US Patent 12,146,993, 2024 - Google Patents
An apparatus for detecting an incoming laser beam with a photodetector is described. A
beam splitter is mounted to receive the incoming laser beam after correction by a wavefront …

Interrogation of arrays of equally spaced weak reflectors in optical fibers

A Eyal, N Arbel, S Ozeri - US Patent 12,044,557, 2024 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method includes generating a sequence of multiple optical pulses, for
transmission into an optical fiber (12) having an array of multiple equally spaced reflectors …

Control light intensity through scattering media with speckle intensity sequencing

H Ruan, C Yang, J Xu - US Patent 11,835,733, 2023 - Google Patents
Optical wavefront shaping has been the standard technique to control light through
scattering media. Implicit in this dominance is the assumption that knowledge of the optical …