OPTICAL BEAM SENSOR WITH CENTER TRANSMISSIVE CUT-OUT

    公开(公告)号:US20240271996A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18408395

    申请日:2024-01-09

    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining one or more characteristics of light in an optical system are provided. One system includes a detector positioned in a path of light between a light source in the optical system and a specimen for which the optical system performs a process. The detector includes a center cut-out configured to allow only a first portion of the light from the light source to pass therethrough and four or more detector segments positioned around the center cut-out and in a path of only a second portion of the light from the light source. The four or more detector segments are configured to separately generate output responsive to the light incident thereon. The system also includes a control subsystem configured for determining one or more characteristics of the light from the light source based on the output separately generated by the four or more detector segments.

    SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME LASER POWER MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20240255346A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18422557

    申请日:2024-01-25

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for laser power measurement, and more particularly, systems and methods for laser power measurement in a sterile operating environment. In certain embodiments described herein, power measurement is performed utilizing two laser sources: 1) a first laser source configured to generate a first laser beam (treatment laser); and 2) a second laser source configured to generate a second laser beam (test laser). The first laser beam generates a bubble in a test material (e.g., water, saline, balanced salt solution, gel, etc.) and the second laser beam is reflected back with the reflected portion of the second laser beam being measured to determine a lifetime of the bubble and correlate the lifetime measurement with a power measurement based on a correlation curve.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING A LASER BEAM OVER A GALVANOMETER SCAN FIELD

    公开(公告)号:US20240125645A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US17967295

    申请日:2022-10-17

    CPC classification number: G01J1/4257 G01J1/0411

    Abstract: A system and method for profiling a focused laser beam of a galvanometer scanner which includes an attenuation optic, wherein the attenuation optic includes a first meniscus lens to face the focused laser beam source, wherein the first meniscus lens is tilted at a fixed angle of incidence relative to an optical axis of the focused laser beam and a second meniscus lens between the first meniscus lens and a pixelated detector, wherein the second meniscus lens is tilted at substantially the same fixed angle of incidence relative to the optical axis of the focused laser beam as the first meniscus lens and is rotated about 90° relative to the first meniscus lens.

    Device for classifying a light source

    公开(公告)号:US11940322B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US17627573

    申请日:2020-07-15

    Applicant: THALES

    CPC classification number: G01J1/4257 G01J1/0433

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for classifying a light source, comprising:



    a sensor adapted to receive a luminous flux emitted by a light source, the sensor comprising a plurality of pixels grouped in sets, each set comprising a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel,
    each first pixel being adapted to generate a first signal relating to a first portion of luminous flux in a first spectral band received by said first pixel,
    each second pixel being adapted to generate a second signal relating to a second portion of luminous flux in a second spectral band received by said second pixel,
    a computer configured to compare the first and second signals and to classify the emitting light source according to the result of the comparison.

    Method for photometric characterization of the optical radiation characteristics of light sources and radiation sources

    公开(公告)号:US11927477B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US17378612

    申请日:2021-07-16

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for photometrical charting of a light source (Q, 3) clamped within a positioning device (1) and stationary relative to an object coordinate system (T) by means of a luminance density measurement camera (4) arranged stationary relative to a world coordinate system (W), wherein the light source (Q, 3) is moved between a first actual measurement position (P1′) and at least one further actual measurement position (P2′ to P5′) along a kinematic chain of the positioning device (1) within the world coordinate system (W), wherein a luminance density measurement image (81 to 85) describing the spatial distribution of a photometric characteristic within a measurement surface is recorded by means of the luminance density measurement camera (4) in each actual measurement position (P1′ to P5′) with the light source (Q, 3) turned on, and wherein the position and/or orientation of the object coordinate system (T) relative to the world coordinate system (W) is recorded in each actual measurement position (P1′ to P5′) in direct reference to the world coordinate system (W) without reference to the kinematic chain of the positioning device (1). Moreover, the present disclosure relates to the use of such a method for photometric charting of a headlight (3).

    Techniques for laser beam sensing and profiling using temperature-sensitive structures

    公开(公告)号:US11892347B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-06

    申请号:US17716818

    申请日:2022-04-08

    CPC classification number: G01J1/0252 G01J1/4257

    Abstract: A system for determining the profile of a laser beam includes a detector having a thermochromic liquid crystal film (TLCF) in thermal communication with a heat spreader and a thermoelectric cooler. The liquid crystal film has a thermochromic response such that heating of the film by a received laser beam creates a detectable color response at the film. The system also includes an image sensor and a controller configured to output an operating current for the TEC and receive images from the sensor. The system can selectively vary the temperature set point of the TEC to change the steady state temperature of the TLCF to examine the full intensity profile of the received beam even when the temperature response bandwidth of the TLCF is too narrow to display the full beam profile in a single color spot.

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