An aspect of a photon source may have a substrate with a surface, a focus lens disposed above the surface, and a plurality of optical sources. Each optical source may be composed of a mirror and an optical emitter. The optical emitter may include a beam twister. The emitter is aligned with the mirror along an axis and may emit a collimated beam along the axis, A plurality of mirrors may be composed of each mirror of the plurality of optical sources, arranged in a first ring-like configuration. Alternatively, the plurality of mirrors may be aggregated into a polygonal pyramidal mirror. A plurality of emitters may be composed of each emitter of the plurality of optical sources, arranged in a second ring-like configuration. The optical emitters may be composed of a laser diode mounted on a sub-mount having a plane orthogonal to the planar surface.