OPTICAL SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. An optical system comprising:
- a base unit having a thermally stable enclosure and a cartridge receiver;
a cartridge removably attached to the cartridge receiver, the cartridge comprising a thermally stable enclosure;
a temperature controller configured to control the temperature in the thermally stable enclosure of the base unit and configured to control the temperature in the thermally stable enclosure of the cartridge; and
one or more optical components configured to output a beam of light and disposed in the thermally stable enclosure of the cartridge.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical system that includes a base unit and one or more cartridges that are removably attachable to the base unit. The one or more cartridges can include optical components configured to output a beam of light (e.g., a laser). The base unit can be configured to combine multiple beams of light (e.g., emitted by multiple cartridges) and output a combined beam of light. The cartridges can be interchanged to modify the light output by the optical system. The optical system can include thermally one or more stable enclosures and/or a temperature controller. The optical system can include one or more alignment adjustment optical components configured to adjust the alignment of one or more light beams.
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26 Claims
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1. An optical system comprising:
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a base unit having a thermally stable enclosure and a cartridge receiver; a cartridge removably attached to the cartridge receiver, the cartridge comprising a thermally stable enclosure; a temperature controller configured to control the temperature in the thermally stable enclosure of the base unit and configured to control the temperature in the thermally stable enclosure of the cartridge; and one or more optical components configured to output a beam of light and disposed in the thermally stable enclosure of the cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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