Precision Energy Services, Inc.

Photonami, Inc.

Tom Haslett

Wei Li

Margaret C Waid

Sean Michael Christian

Bryan William Kasperski

Jess V Ford

Dave Demmer

Mike Yuratich

Seyed Mostafa Sadeghi

Ali M Shams-Zadeh-Amiri

A downhole fluid analysis tool has a housing and a flow passage for downhole fluid. A device disposed in the tool housing relative to the flow passage has a one or more sources, one or more sensing optics, one or more detectors, and control circuitry. The source generates an input signal. The sensing optic has a refractive index (RI) higher than crude oil and other expected constituents. A sensing surface of the optic optically coupled to the source interfaces with a downhole fluid. When the variable RI of the downhole fluid reaches a defined relationship to the optic's RI, the input signal interacting with the sensing surface experiences total internal reflection, and the reflected signal from the sensing surface remains in the sensing optic and reflects to a detector. The control circuitry monitors the detector's response and indicates gas break out if the response is above a threshold.

Downhole gas breakout sensor

An electro-optical interface with a package base having an electrical connection configuration suitable for connecting to a source of electrical signals. A semiconductor optical signal source is provided mounted to the base and having a second or higher order grating in the cavity. The signal source is operatively connected to the package base whereby the electronic signals may be converted into optical signals. A waveguide is positioned adjacent to the signal source to couple the optical signal to the waveguide. The cavity is sized, shaped and positioned so that a radiation field for the cavity is not a mode discrimination mechanism wherein any back reflections into the cavity will affect a coupling coefficient to the radiation field without significantly adversely affecting the output signal quality.

Back reflection insensitive electro-optical interface and a method of coupling the same to a waveguide

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Tom Haslett