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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IMEC vzw, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2013.01); G02B 6/4206 (2013.01); G02B 6/4298 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, an optical system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the optical system includes an optical waveguide, and at least two coupling means forming at least one confocal point being located within the optical waveguide, where a first coupling means of the at least two coupling means has a first focal length, and a second coupling means of the at least two coupling means has a second focal length. In some examples, the first coupling means is configured to couple and/or focus incident light to the optical waveguide, and the second coupling means is configured to emit and/or collimate light conveyed by the optical waveguide.