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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Unm Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Payman Zarkesh-Ha, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Alexander Neumann, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/24 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/24 (2013.01); G01J 3/2803 (2013.01); G02B 6/12009 (2013.01); G01J 3/0259 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12061 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a spectral sensor array, including: a planar waveguide on a substrate; a chirped input coupling grating, wherein the chirped input coupling grating comprises a transverse chirp to provide a spectrally selective coupling of incident light into the planar waveguide; an output coupling grating; and an array of photodetectors arranged to receive the light coupled out of the waveguide.