PHOTONIC STRUCTURE WITH HEAT-ACTIVATED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20240329338A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18738219

    申请日:2024-06-10

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4214 G02B6/4268

    Abstract: A photonic system includes a light source and a photonic structure. The photonic structure includes an optical transmission structure and an optical absorption structure. The optical transmission structure is configured to transmit light associated with a first wavelength range. The optical absorption structure is configured to absorb light associated with a second wavelength range. The light source is configured to provide a light beam with a wavelength that is within the second wavelength range to the optical absorption structure. The optical absorption structure is configured to generate and provide heat to the optical transmission structure when the light beam falls incident on the optical absorption structure.

    STEPPED STRUCTURE OPTICAL FILTER
    33.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240094450A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18523975

    申请日:2023-11-30

    CPC classification number: G02B5/26 G02B5/0816 H01L27/14629 H01L27/14685

    Abstract: A filter may include a substrate. The filter may include a stepped medium disposed on the substrate. The filter may include a first mirror disposed on the stepped medium. The first mirror may form a stepped mirror surface. Each step, of the stepped mirror surface may correspond to a channel, of a set of channels, of the filter. The filter may include a spacer disposed on the stepped mirror surface. The filter may include a second mirror disposed on another surface of the spacer.

    OPTICAL DEVICE
    34.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240027666A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18480700

    申请日:2023-10-04

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    Abstract: An optical device may include an optical filter disposed over a first surface of one or more substrates. The optical filter may include an aperture and may be configured to pass light that is received via the aperture and that is associated with one or more wavelength ranges via the one or more substrates based on an angle of incidence of the light on the optical filter. The optical device may include one or more optical elements disposed over a second surface of the one or more substrates that are configured to direct light beams of the light that are associated with a particular wavelength range, of the one or more wavelength ranges, to a particular set of sensor elements of an optical sensor. The optical filter may include a thin film optical interference filter and the one or more optical elements may include one or more metamaterial structures.

    OPTICAL DEVICE WITH A FOLDED OPTICAL PATH
    35.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240019307A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18356589

    申请日:2023-07-21

    CPC classification number: G01J3/50 G02B6/4215 G02B17/023 G02B5/20

    Abstract: In some implementations, an optical device may include an aperture, one or more optical elements, an optical filter, and an optical sensor. The aperture may be configured to receive light. The one or more optical elements may be configured to diffuse the light received by the aperture, direct the diffused light to the optical filter via a folded optical path, wherein a length of the folded optical path is greater than a distance between the aperture and an input surface of the optical filter, and cause the diffused light to be distributed across the input surface of the optical filter. The optical filter may be configured to filter the diffused light distributed across the input surface of the optical filter to pass portions of the diffused light associated with one or more wavelengths to the optical sensor.

    OPTICAL FILTER FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE
    36.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230332951A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18342783

    申请日:2023-06-28

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    Abstract: An optical system includes an optical element and an optical filter with a first set of channels and a second set of channels respectively associated with a first region and a second region of the optical filter. The optical element causes first light beams and second light beams associated with a subject to respectively fall incident on the first region within a first incidence angle range and on the second region within a second incidence angle range. A first channel, of the first set of channels, passes, based on the first incidence angle range, a set of the first light beams that are associated with a first subrange of a particular wavelength range. A second channel, of the second set of channels, passes, based on the second incidence angle range, a set of the second light beams that are associated with a second subrange of the particular wavelength range.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM
    37.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230175889A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US18056015

    申请日:2022-11-16

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    Abstract: An optical system includes a multispectral sensor; an optical filter including a plurality of optical channels that is disposed over the multispectral sensor; and a lens that is disposed over the optical filter. The lens is configured to direct first light that originates from a scene to the optical filter. The optical filter is configured to pass one or more portions of the first light to the multispectral sensor. The multispectral sensor is configured to generate, based on the one or more portions of the first light, spectral data associated with the scene.

    USER DEVICE INCORPORATING MULTI-SENSING SENSOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230161856A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18147089

    申请日:2022-12-28

    CPC classification number: G06F21/32 A61B5/021 A61B5/02444 G01N21/25 G06F1/1626

    Abstract: A device may include a sensor window. The sensor window may include a substrate. The sensor window may include a set of layers disposed onto the substrate. The set of layers may include a first subset of layers of a first refractive index and a second set of layers of a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The set of layers may be associated with a threshold transmissivity in a sensing spectral range, and may be configured to a particular color in a visible spectral range and associated with a threshold opacity in the visible spectral range. The device may include a spectral sensor device aligned to the sensor window and including at least one sensor element to receive light in the sensing spectral range and provide a plurality of sensing functionalities based on at least one measurement of the light in the sensing spectral range.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING OPTICAL DISINFECTION AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230042755A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17816830

    申请日:2022-08-02

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    Abstract: An optical system includes a plurality of laser light sources and an optical component. A first set of one or more laser light sources is configured to emit optical disinfection light at the optical component. A second set of one or more laser light sources is configured to emit optical communication light at the optical component. The optical component is configured to distribute the optical disinfection light in a first light distribution pattern, and to distribute the optical communication light in a second light distribution pattern. The optical component includes a first set of one or more metamaterial structures configured to distribute, in the first light distribution pattern, the optical disinfection light that is incident on the optical component, and a second set of one or more metamaterial structures configured to distribute, in the second light distribution pattern, the optical communication light that is incident on the optical component.

    OPTICAL FILTER FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220381610A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17818087

    申请日:2022-08-08

    Inventor: William D. HOUCK

    Abstract: An optical system includes an optical element and an optical filter with a first set of channels and a second set of channels respectively associated with a first region and a second region of the optical filter. The optical element causes first light beams and second light beams associated with a subject to respectively fall incident on the first region within a first incidence angle range and on the second region within a second incidence angle range. A first channel, of the first set of channels, passes, based on the first incidence angle range, a set of the first light beams that are associated with a first subrange of a particular wavelength range. A second channel, of the second set of channels, passes, based on the second incidence angle range, a set of the second light beams that are associated with a second subrange of the particular wavelength range.

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