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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Applicants:
J. Elon Graves, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Malcolm J Northcott, Felton, CA (US);
J. Christopher Shelton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
J. Elon Graves, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Malcolm J Northcott, Felton, CA (US);
J. Christopher Shelton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
AOptix Technologies, Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an adaptive optics module, wavefront sensing and data detection are implemented in a single device. For example, an optical-to-electrical converter converts a data-encoded optical beam to an intermediate electrical signal, which contains both the data encoded in the beam and also wavefront information about the beam. The data and wavefront information are later separated, for example by frequency filtering.