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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Kendrick, San Mateo, CA (US);
Chad E. Ogden, San Marcos, CA (US);
Guy Chriqui, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alan L. Duncan, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4204 (2013.01); G01B 9/02041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) imager includes a substrate, and a number of PIC imager units disposed in an arbitrary configuration on the substrate. Each PIC imager unit includes a PIC coupled to an optical connector, and a number of lenslets configured as a linear lenslet array and optically coupled to an edge of the PIC. Pairs of lenslets of the linear lenslet array are optically coupled to respective waveguides embedded in the PIC.