Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical probe using multimode optical waveguide and proximal processing
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Application No.: US15868521Application Date: 2018-01-11
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Publication No.: US10401883B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Eric Swanson , Tristan Kremp , Paul S. Westbrook , David DiGiovanni
- Applicant: Eric Swanson , OFS Fitel, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Gloucester US GA Norcross
- Assignee: Eric Swanson,OFS Fitel, LLC
- Current Assignee: Eric Swanson,OFS Fitel, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Gloucester US GA Norcross
- Agency: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Kurt Rauschenbach
- Main IPC: G01J3/02
- IPC: G01J3/02 ; G05D25/02 ; G01J3/44 ; A61B1/06 ; G02B6/04

Abstract:
An optical probe includes an optical source that generates an optical beam that propagates from a proximal end to a distal end of an optical fiber that imparts a transformation of a spatial profile of the optical beam. An optical control device imparts a compensating spatial profile on the optical beam that at least partially compensates for the transformation of the spatial profile of the optical beam imparted by the optical fiber in response to a control signal from a signal processor. A distal optical source generates a calibration light that propagates through the one or more optical waveguides from the distal end to the proximal end of the optical fiber. An optical detector detects the calibration light and generates electrical signals in response to the detected calibration light. The signal processor generates the control signal to instruct the optical control device to impart the compensating spatial profile on the optical beam that at least partially compensates for the transformation of the spatial profile of the optical beam imparted by the optical fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190212761A1 Optical Probe Using Multimode Optical Waveguide and Proximal Processing Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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