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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Michal Lipson, New York, NY (US);
Christoper Thomas Phare, New York, NY (US);
You-Chia Chang, New York, NY (US);
Steven A. Miller, New York, NY (US);
THE TRUSTEES OF THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical apparatus comprising an optical switch array comprising a plurality of optical switches configured to selectively route light through one or more of a plurality of waveguides, a plurality of emitters, wherein at least one emitter of the plurality of emitters is disposed in communication with the one or more of the plurality of waveguides and configured to receive light and cause at least a portion of the light to exit the waveguide, and a lens disposed to receive light exiting the one or more of a plurality of waveguides via the at least one emitter, wherein the lens is configured to direct the received light as an optical output, and wherein the position of the at least one emitter relative to the lens facilitates beam steering of the optical output.