- Patent Title: Devices and methods for transporting and controlling light beams
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Application No.: US17278026Application Date: 2019-09-10
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Publication No.: US11947101B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Hervé Rigneault , Géraud Bouwmans , Esben Andresen , Siddarth Sivankutty , Viktor Tsvirkun , Olivier Vanvincq
- Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , Université d'Aix-Marseille , Université de Lille , Ecole Centrale de Marseille
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,Université d'Aix-Marseille,Université de Lille,Ecole Centrale de Marseille
- Current Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,Université d'Aix-Marseille,Université de Lille,Ecole Centrale de Marseille
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris; FR Marseilles; FR Lille; FR Marseilles
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: FR 58545 2018.09.20
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/074142 2019.09.10
- International Announcement: WO2020/058043A 2020.03.26
- Date entered country: 2021-03-19
- Main IPC: G02B23/24
- IPC: G02B23/24 ; A61B1/00 ; G02B23/26

Abstract:
According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (200) for transporting and controlling light beams comprising a light guide (40) comprising a bundle (50) of uncoupled single-mode optical fibers (Fi), each single-mode optical fiber (Fi) being intended to receive an elementary light beam (B1i) at a proximal end and to emit a light beam (B2i) at a distal end, said bundle of single-mode optical fibers comprising, in operation, a minimum radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum curvature of the bundle of fibers. The device (200) furthermore comprises an optical device for phase controlling, said device being arranged on the side of the proximal end of the light guide (40) and comprising at least a first spatial light modulator (30) suitable for applying a phase shift to each of the elementary beams (B1i), and a control unit (60) for controlling the first spatial light modulator, said unit being configured to apply a phase shift to each of the elementary beams (B1i) so as to form, at the distal end of the light guide, an illumination beam with a predefined phase function. According to the present description, said bundle (50) of single-mode optical fibers is twisted, and comprises a twist period (P) defined to preserve said phase function at the distal end of the light guide when the bundle of single-mode optical fibers is subjected to a curvature lower than said maximum curvature.
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- US20210382290A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING AND CONTROLLING LIGHT BEAMS Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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