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公开(公告)号：US20210010860A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-14
申请号：US17030328
申请日：2020-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore , Gary Shambat , Matthew A. Terrel
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining one or more properties of a sample are disclosed. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of measuring along multiple locations and can reimage and resolve multiple optical paths within the sample. The system can be configured with one-layer or two-layers of optics suitable for a compact system. The optics can be simplified to reduce the number and complexity of the coated optical surfaces, et al. on effects, manufacturing tolerance stack-up problems, and interference-based spectroscopic errors. The size, number, and placement of the optics can enable multiple simultaneous or non-simultaneous measurements at various locations across and within the sample. Moreover, the systems can be configured with an optical spacer window located between the sample and the optics, and methods to account for changes in optical paths due to inclusion of the optical spacer window are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US10535979B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-14
申请号：US16282176
申请日：2019-02-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ross M. Audet , Mark Alan Arbore , Alfredo Bismuto , Yves Bidaux , Antoine Jean André Müller
IPC: H01S5/0683 , H01S5/06 , H01S5/12 , H01S5/125 , H01S5/024 , H01S5/026 , H01S5/14 , H01S5/0625 , H01S5/0687 , H01S5/227 , H01S5/022
Abstract: Methods for driving a tunable laser with integrated tuning elements are disclosed. The methods can include modulating the tuning current and laser injection current such that the laser emission wavelength and output power are independently controllable. In some examples, the tuning current and laser injection current are modulated simultaneously and a wider tuning range can result. In some examples, one or both of these currents is sinusoidally modulated. In some examples, a constant output power can be achieved while tuning the emission wavelength. In some examples, the output power and tuning can follow a linear relationship. In some examples, injection current and tuning element drive waveforms necessary to achieve targeted output power and tuning waveforms can be achieved through optimization based on goodness of fit values between the targeted and actual output power and tuning waveforms.
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公开(公告)号：US12085500B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-10
申请号：US18111740
申请日：2023-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Miikka M. Kangas , Mark Alan Arbore , David I. Simon , Michael J. Bishop , James W. Hillendahl , Robert Chen
IPC: G01N21/27 , G01J3/02 , G01J3/32 , G01J3/36 , G01J3/42 , G01J3/433 , G01J3/447 , G01N21/21 , G01N21/35 , G01N21/47 , G01N21/49
CPC classification number: G01N21/276 , G01J3/0286 , G01J3/32 , G01J3/36 , G01J3/42 , G01J3/433 , G01J3/447 , G01N21/35 , G01N21/474 , G01N21/4785 , G01N21/21 , G01N2021/4709 , G01N2021/4778 , G01N21/49 , G01N2201/0221 , G01N2201/12707 , G01N2201/12723
Abstract: This relates to systems and methods for measuring a concentration and type of substance in a sample at a sampling interface. The systems can include a light source, optics, one or more modulators, a reference, a detector, and a controller. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of accounting for drift originating from the light source, one or more optics, and the detector by sharing one or more components between different measurement light paths. Additionally, the systems can be capable of differentiating between different types of drift and eliminating erroneous measurements due to stray light with the placement of one or more modulators between the light source and the sample or reference. Furthermore, the systems can be capable of detecting the substance along various locations and depths within the sample by mapping a detector pixel and a microoptics to the location and depth in the sample.
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公开(公告)号：US12007275B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-11
申请号：US17576117
申请日：2022-01-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore , Gary Shambat , Matthew A. Terrel
CPC classification number: G01J3/0229 , G01J3/0205 , G01J3/0216 , G01J3/0256 , G01J3/0294 , G01J3/10 , G01J3/108 , G01J3/36 , G01J3/42 , G01N21/25 , G01N21/49 , G01N2021/4711
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining one or more properties of a sample are disclosed. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of measuring along multiple locations and can reimage and resolve multiple optical paths within the sample. The system can be configured with one-layer or two-layers of optics suitable for a compact system. The optics can be simplified to reduce the number and complexity of the coated optical surfaces, et al. on effects, manufacturing tolerance stack-up problems, and interference-based spectroscopic errors. The size, number, and placement of the optics can enable multiple simultaneous or non-simultaneous measurements at various locations across and within the sample. Moreover, the systems can be configured with an optical spacer window located between the sample and the optics, and methods to account for changes in optical paths due to inclusion of the optical spacer window are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20240113508A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-04
申请号：US18244752
申请日：2023-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Alfredo Bismuto , Mark Alan Arbore , Ross M. Audet
CPC classification number: H01S5/4087 , H01S5/04256 , H01S5/162 , H01S5/2059 , H01S5/2228 , H01S5/3414
Abstract: A laser chip including a plurality of stripes is disclosed, where a laser stripe can be grown with an initial optical gain profile, and its optical gain profile can be shifted by using an intermixing process. In this manner, multiple laser stripes can be formed on the same laser chip from the same epitaxial wafer, where at least one laser stripe can have an optical gain profile shifted relative to another laser stripe. For example, each laser stripe can have a shifted optical gain profile relative to its neighboring laser stripe, thereby each laser stripe can emit light with a different range of wavelengths. The laser chip can emit light across a wide range of wavelengths. Examples of the disclosure further includes different regions of a given laser stripe having different intermixing amounts.
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公开(公告)号：US20240094592A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US18526269
申请日：2023-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi-Kuei Wu , Jason Pelc , Mark Alan Arbore , Thomas C. Greening , Matthew A. Terrel , Yongming Tu , Mohamed Mahmoud
IPC: G02F1/21
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated photonics device including an on-chip wavelength stability monitor. The wavelength stability monitor may include one or more interferometric components, such as Mach-Zehnder interferometers and can be configured to select among the output signals from the interferometric components for monitoring the wavelength emitted by a corresponding photonic component, such as a light source. The selection may be based on a slope of the output signal and in some examples may correspond to a working zone at or around a wavelength or wavelength range. In some examples, the interferometric components can be configured with different phase differences such that the corresponding working zones have different wavelengths. In some examples, the slopes of the output signals may be weighted based on the steepness of the slope and all of the output signals may include information for wavelength locking the measured wavelength to the target wavelength.
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公开(公告)号：US11815719B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US17479987
申请日：2021-09-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore , Alfredo Bismuto
CPC classification number: G02B6/2938 , G02B6/2931 , G02B6/29307 , G02B6/29308 , H04J14/0205
Abstract: Methods and systems concerning demultiplexing and multiplexing light in optical multiplexing systems are disclosed herein. An optical multiplexing system may include a number of light emitters and a number of associated waveguides. Light emitted from each of the number of light emitters may travel through the associated waveguide and may enter a multiplexer, where a multiplexing operation may occur. At least one of the number of light emitters may be configured to emit light with multiple wavelengths. Such a light emitter may further be associated with a demultiplexer to demultiplex the light with multiple wavelengths before the light reaches a multiplexer. After a demultiplexing operation, the demultiplexed light may be directed to multiple waveguides and the multiple waveguides may guide the demultiplexed light to a multiplexer.
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公开(公告)号：US20230011177A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-12
申请号：US17859813
申请日：2022-07-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore
Abstract: Configurations for light source modules and methods for mitigating coherent noise are disclosed. The light source modules may include multiple light source sets, each of which may include multiple light sources. The light emitted by the light sources may be different wavelengths or the same wavelength depending on whether the light source module is providing redundancy of light sources, increased power, coherent noise mitigation, and/or detector mitigation. In some examples, the light source may emit light to a coupler or a multiplexer, which may then be transmitted to one or more multiplexers. In some examples, the light source modules provide one light output and in other examples, the light source modules provide two light outputs. The light source modules may provide light with approximately zero loss and the wavelengths of light may be close enough to spectroscopically equivalent respect to a sample and far enough apart to provide coherent noise mitigation.
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公开(公告)号：US20220074573A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-10
申请号：US17470916
申请日：2021-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore , Matthew A. Terrel
Abstract: Configurations for a photonics assembly design and methods for mitigating coherent noise thereof are disclosed. The photonics assembly may include a set of light sources, an optical subsystem that may include a set of optical elements, and a diffusing element. The light emitted by the set of light sources may be different wavelengths and the light may be de-cohered by a phase shifter before being received by the set of optical elements. The diffusing element may be moveable and may be capable of repeating the same positions or set of positions for each beam of light emitted by the set of light sources. By combining the coherent noise mitigation techniques of the moveable diffusing element and the de-cohered light, the photonics system may provide an illumination profile with a specific spatial profile and angular profile on the sample that allows reliable measurement of the sample and coherent noise mitigation.
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公开(公告)号：US11243115B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-08
申请号：US17030328
申请日：2020-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark Alan Arbore , Gary Shambat , Matthew A. Terrel
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining one or more properties of a sample are disclosed. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of measuring along multiple locations and can reimage and resolve multiple optical paths within the sample. The system can be configured with one-layer or two-layers of optics suitable for a compact system. The optics can be simplified to reduce the number and complexity of the coated optical surfaces, et al. on effects, manufacturing tolerance stack-up problems, and interference-based spectroscopic errors. The size, number, and placement of the optics can enable multiple simultaneous or non-simultaneous measurements at various locations across and within the sample. Moreover, the systems can be configured with an optical spacer window located between the sample and the optics, and methods to account for changes in optical paths due to inclusion of the optical spacer window are disclosed.
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