Using tunable lasers in the design, manufacture, and implementation of integrated optical elements
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a tunable laser capable of generating electromagnetic radiation;
one or more thin-film devices arranged to receive a portion of the electromagnetic radiation, each thin-film device including one or more optical layers deposited on a corresponding substrate and configured to generate optically interacted radiation upon receiving the electromagnetic radiation;
a filter configured to receive another portion of the electromagnetic radiation that is separate from the optically interacted radiation to generate reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation, the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation comprising an intensity of the another portion of the electromagnetic radiation reduced by a predetermined magnitude by the filter; and
an optical transducer arranged to receive the optically interacted radiation from each of the one or more thin-film devices and configured to generate output signals corresponding to the optically interacted radiation received from each of the one or more thin-film devices and output signals corresponding to the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods that use a tunable laser during optical thin-film fabrication. One disclosed system includes a tunable laser capable of generating electromagnetic radiation, one or more thin-film devices arranged to receive the electromagnetic radiation, each thin-film device including one or more optical layers deposited on a corresponding substrate and configured to generate optically interacted radiation upon receiving the electromagnetic radiation, and an optical transducer arranged to receive the optically interacted radiation from each of the one or more thin-film devices and configured to generate output signals corresponding to the optically interacted radiation received from each of the one or more thin-film devices.
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21 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a tunable laser capable of generating electromagnetic radiation; one or more thin-film devices arranged to receive a portion of the electromagnetic radiation, each thin-film device including one or more optical layers deposited on a corresponding substrate and configured to generate optically interacted radiation upon receiving the electromagnetic radiation; a filter configured to receive another portion of the electromagnetic radiation that is separate from the optically interacted radiation to generate reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation, the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation comprising an intensity of the another portion of the electromagnetic radiation reduced by a predetermined magnitude by the filter; and an optical transducer arranged to receive the optically interacted radiation from each of the one or more thin-film devices and configured to generate output signals corresponding to the optically interacted radiation received from each of the one or more thin-film devices and output signals corresponding to the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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generating electromagnetic radiation from a tunable laser; receiving a portion of the electromagnetic radiation with one or more thin-film devices, each of the one or more thin-film devices including one or more optical layers deposited on a corresponding substrate; generating optically interacted radiation from each of the one or more thin-film devices upon receiving the electromagnetic radiation; receiving another portion of the electromagnetic radiation with a filter; generating reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation from the filter, the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation comprising an intensity of the another portion of the electromagnetic radiation reduced by a predetermined magnitude; receiving the optically interacted radiation and the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation with an optical transducer; and generating output signals with the optical transducer corresponding to the optically interacted radiation received from each of the one or more thin-film devices and output signals corresponding to the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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a tunable laser capable of generating electromagnetic radiation; a fluid within a flow path and configured to optically interact with a portion of the electromagnetic radiation, thereby generating optically interacted radiation; a filter configured to reduce the intensity of another portion of the electromagnetic radiation to generate reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation, the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation comprising an intensity of the another portion of the electromagnetic radiation reduced by a predetermined magnitude; one or more thin-film devices arranged to receive the optically interacted radiation, each thin-film device including one or more optical layers deposited on a corresponding substrate and configured to generate modified electromagnetic radiation upon optically interacting with the optically interacted radiation; and an optical transducer arranged to receive the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation and the modified electromagnetic radiation from each of the one or more thin-film devices and configured to generate corresponding output signals therefrom.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a tunable laser capable of generating electromagnetic radiation; a fluid within a flow path and configured to optically interact with the electromagnetic radiation, thereby generating optically interacted radiation; an optical element configured to interact with the electromagnetic radiation and thereby generate reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation, the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation comprising an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation reduced by a predetermined magnitude; an optical transducer arranged to receive at the optically interacted radiation and generate a corresponding first output signal, and further configured to receive the reduced intensity electromagnetic radiation and generate a corresponding second output signal; and a signal processor configured to receive the first and second output signals from the optical transducer and determine a characteristic of the fluid based on the first and second output signals. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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