Abstract:
Techniques for controlling an optical system include accessing a measured value of a property of a particular pulse of a pulsed light beam emitted from the optical system, the property being related to an amount of coherence of the light beam; comparing the measured value of the property of the light beam to a target value of the property; determining whether to generate a control signal based on the comparison; and if a control signal is generated based on the comparison, adjusting the amount of coherence in the light beam by modifying an aspect of the optical system based on the control signal to reduce an amount of coherence of a pulse that is subsequent to the particular pulse.
Abstract:
Techniques for controlling an optical system include accessing a measured value of a property of a particular pulse of a pulsed light beam emitted from the optical system, the property being related to an amount of coherence of the light beam; comparing the measured value of the property of the light beam to a target value of the property; determining whether to generate a control signal based on the comparison; and if a control signal is generated based on the comparison, adjusting the amount of coherence in the light beam by modifying an aspect of the optical system based on the control signal to reduce an amount of coherence of a pulse that is subsequent to the particular pulse.
Abstract:
A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed light beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period; measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period.
Abstract:
The presented invention concerns an apparatus for detecting the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves, comprising at least two modulations photogates which are sensitive to the electromagnetic waves, and accumulating gates which are associated with the modulation photogates and which are not photosensitive, and electrical connections for the modulation photogates and the accumulation gates so that the latter can be connected to a reading-out device and the former can be connected to a modulating device which increases and reduces the potential of the modulation photogates relative to each other and relative to the preferably constant potential of the accumulation gates corresponding to a desired modulation function. It is proposed in accordance with the invention that a plurality of modulation photogates and accumulation gates are provided in the form of long narrow parallel strips which group-wise form a PMD-pixel.
Abstract:
An arrangement for providing visual effects including light emitting members attached to a target, an imaging unit for locating the light emitting members, a computing unit for receiving real-time location information data from the imaging unit and controlling a laser projector based on the received location information data, a laser projector projecting a laser beam responsive to control information provided by the computing unit, and a partially reflecting mirror reflecting the projected laser beam with respect to the light emitting members towards and/or in the vicinity of the light emitting members and passing the light from the light emitting members to the imaging unit. Related method is presented.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for characterizing mode group properties of multimodal light traveling through an optical component, comprising: providing a Mode Group Separating optical fiber in an optical path between a light source and said optical component; launching reference pulses of light with a wavelength λt from said light source through said Mode Group Separating optical fiber into said optical component at discrete intervals between a core center and a core radius of said fiber. The Mode Group Separating optical fiber is a multimode fiber with an α-profile graded index core with an α-value chosen such that said fiber satisfies the following criterion at the wavelength λt: Δτ · L Δ T REF > 4 where: Δτ is a time delay difference between consecutive mode groups; L is a length of said fiber; ΔTREF is a Full Width at Quarter Maximum of said reference pulses.
Abstract:
A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed light beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period; measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a photonic mixer device with a photosensitive layer, at least two modulation gates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) and at least two readout electrodes (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602) connected to the photosensitive layer, the modulation gates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) being able to be connected to a modulation device which raises and lowers the potential of the modulation gates relative to one another and relative to the preferably constant potential of the readout electrodes corresponding to a desired modulation function. In order to further develop the known photonic mixer device such that it shows an increased charge conversion efficiency and reduced dark currents, it is proposed according to the invention that the readout electrodes (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602) in each case have at least two discrete electrode sections (1A-1E, 2A-2E) arranged at a distance alongside each other.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Photomischdetektor mit einer photoempfindlichen Schicht, mindestens zwei Modulationsgates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) und mindestens zwei mit der photoempfindlichen Schicht verbundenen Ausleseelektroden (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602), wobei die Modulationsgates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) mit einer Modulationseinrichtung verbindbar sind, welche das Potential der Modulationsgates relativ zueinander und relativ zu dem vorzugsweise konstanten Potential der Ausleseelektroden entsprechend einer gewünschten Modulationsfunktion anhebt und absenkt. Um den bekannten Photomischdetektor so weiter zu entwickeln, daß er eine erhöhte Ladungsträgerkonversionseffizienz und verringerte Dunkelströme zeigt, wird erfindungsgemäß vorgeschlagen, daß die Ausleseelektroden (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602) jeweils mindestens zwei im Abstand nebeneinander angeordnete diskrete Elektrodenabschnitte (1A-1E, 2A-2E) aufweisen.