Abstract:
A fluid sensor cable assembly and method uses one or more conductive bodies extending along an elongated core body for conducting a heating current to heat the cable assembly. The one or more conductive bodies also are configured to conduct an interrogation signal and to conduct reflections of the interrogation signal. One or more optical fibers extend along the length of the core body and include temperature sensitive elements at different locations along the length of the core body. The temperature sensitive elements measure heat flux out of the cable assembly at the different locations subsequent to heating the cable assembly and communicate the heat flux to a computer acquisition system.
Abstract:
A system includes a Mach-Zehnder cirulator isolator. The Mach-Zehnder structure includes a substrate, a plurality of waveguides (128) disposed on the substrate, and a magneto-optic material (132) coupled to the plurality of waveguides. The Mach-Zehnder structure also includes one or more magnets configured to couple to the magneto-optic material and induce a magnetic field (see arrwos) in the magneto-optic material, wherein the Mach-Zehnder structure is configured to induce a non-reciprocal phase shift on light propagating in the plurality of waveguides. The system also includes one or more phase tuning elements (148) coupled to the Mach-Zehnder structure and configured to tune the phase shift.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a photonic device includes providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip comprising at least one SOI-waveguide on top of an oxide layer, and providing a magneto-optic-material-on- substrate (MO/substrate) chip comprising a magneto-optic material disposed on top of a substrate. The method includes cleaning a first surface of the SOI chip and a second surface of the MO/substrate chip, wherein the first surface comprises surfaces of the at least one SOI- waveguide and the second surface consisting essentially of a surface of the magneto-optic material. The method also includes assembling the SOI chip and the MO/substrate chip to form an assembly, and removing the substrate of the MO/substrate chip.The wafer are bonded ether using direct bonding of plasma activated surfaces or the use of an adhesive.
Abstract:
A system includes a Mach-Zehnder structure. The Mach-Zehnder structure includes a substrate, a plurality of waveguides disposed on the substrate, and a magneto-optic material coupled to the plurality of waveguides. The Mach-Zehnder structure also includes one or more magnets configured to couple to the magneto-optic material and induce a magnetic field in the magneto-optic material, wherein the Mach-Zehnder structure is configured to induce a non-reciprocal phase shift on light propagating in the plurality of waveguides. The system also includes one or more phase tuning elements coupled to the Mach-Zehnder structure and configured to tune the phase shift.
Abstract:
In a method of making an elongated carbide nanostructure, a plurality of spatially-separated catalyst particles is applied to a substrate. The spatially-separated catalyst particles and at least a portion of the substrate are exposed to a metal-containing vapor at a preselected temperature and for a period sufficient to cause an inorganic nanostructure to form between the substrate and at least one of the catalyst particles. The inorganic nano-structure is exposed to a carbon-containing vapor source at a preselected temperature and for a period sufficient to carburize the inorganic nanostructure.
Abstract:
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system 100; 200 includes light sources 302 configured to generate separate beams of light 104, a lens array 106 configured to receive the separate beams of light 104 from the light sources 302 and to collimate the separate beams of light 104 into collimated outgoing light 108 that is directed toward an examined area of interest, a light sensitive detector 126; 208 configured to sense reflection of at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108, and one or more processors 130 configured to determine a distance to one or more objects off which the at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108 was reflected toward the light sensitive detector. The one or more processors 130 are configured to determine the distance based on the reflection of the at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108.
Abstract:
A fluid sensor cable assembly and method uses one or more conductive bodies extending along an elongated core body for conducting a heating current to heat the cable assembly. The one or more conductive bodies also are configured to conduct an interrogation signal and to conduct reflections of the interrogation signal. One or more optical fibers extend along the length of the core body and include temperature sensitive elements at different locations along the length of the core body. The temperature sensitive elements measure heat flux out of the cable assembly at the different locations subsequent to heating the cable assembly and communicate the heat flux to a computer acquisition system.
Abstract:
A lighting system (104, 1400) for a navigational system (100) of a vehicle includes a scanning unit (110, 110A, 110B, 1410, 1410A, 1410B) and one or more lighting assemblies (104, 104A, 104B, 404, 1204A, 1204B, 1204C, 1204D, 1204E, 1204F, 1204G, 1204H, 12041, 1204J, 1304). Each lighting assembly (104, 104A, 104B, 404, 1204A, 1204B, 1204C, 1204D, 1204E, 1204F, 1204G, 1204H, 12041, 1204J, 1304) includes one or more laser diodes (124, 1224, 1224A, 1224B) configured to emit light, a lens array (106, 106A, 106B, 206, 302, 1206) including one or more lens elements (206, 206A, 206B, 206C, 206D, 206E, 206F, 1216), and a controller (122, 1222, 1222A, 1222B, 1622) electrically coupled with each of the laser diodes (124, 1224, 1224A, 1224B). The lens array (106, 106A, 106B, 206, 302, 1206) receives incoming light from the laser diodes (124, 1224, 1224A, 1224B) and direct the incoming light from the lens array (106, 106A, 106B, 206, 302, 1206) as a collimated beam (1408, 1508). The controller (122, 1222, 1222A, 1222B, 1622) individually controls a power level of each of the laser diodes (124, 1224, 1224A, 1224B). The laser diodes (124, 1224, 1224A, 1224B), the lens array (106, 106A, 106B, 206, 302, 1206), and the controller (122, 1222, 1222A, 1222B, 1622) are disposed on a substrate (120, 1220, 1720) and disposed in a common housing (111, 1211). Each lighting assembly (104, 104A, 104B, 404, 1204A, 1204B, 1204C, 1204D, 1204E, 1204F, 1204G, 1204H, 12041, 1204J, 1304) is arranged in an arc relative to the scanning unit (110, 110A, 110B, 1410, 1410A, 1410B). The scanning unit (110, 110A, 110B, 1410, 1410A, 1410B) receives the collimated beam (1408, 1508) from each lighting assembly (104, 104A, 104B, 404, 1204A, 1204B, 1204C, 1204D, 1204E, 1204F, 1204G, 1204H, 12041, 1204J, 1304) and directs the collimated beam (1408, 1508) from each lighting assembly (104, 104A, 104B, 404, 1204A, 1204B, 1204C, 1204D, 1204E, 1204F, 1204G, 1204H, 12041, 1204J, 1304) in two orthogonal directions.
Abstract:
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system 100; 200 includes light sources 302 configured to generate separate beams of light 104, a lens array 106 configured to receive the separate beams of light 104 from the light sources 302 and to collimate the separate beams of light 104 into collimated outgoing light 108 that is directed toward an examined area of interest, a light sensitive detector 126; 208 configured to sense reflection of at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108, and one or more processors 130 configured to determine a distance to one or more objects off which the at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108 was reflected toward the light sensitive detector. The one or more processors 130 are configured to determine the distance based on the reflection of the at least part of the collimated outgoing light 108.