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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Sense Photonics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

Christine Elizabeth Cordeiro, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hod Finkelstein, Berkeley, CA (US);

Jamie Stokes, Linlithgow, GB;

Neil Telfer, Edinburgh, GB;

Assignee:

Sense Photonics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); G02F 2201/58 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes an optical emission source configured to emit an optical signal having a wavelength that varies based on a temperature of the optical emission source and/or an optical filter element that is configured to receive a reflection of the optical signal, the optical filter element having a passband that varies based on a temperature of the optical filter element; a thermal controller that is configured to generate a thermal control signal responsive to a temperature measurement related to the optical emission source or the optical filter element; and a temperature control element that is configured to adjust a temperature of the optical emission source or the optical filter element responsive to the thermal control signal.


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