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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Onur Kilic, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michel J. F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gordon S. Kino, Stanford, CA (US);
Olav Solgaard, Stanford, CA (US);
Onur Kilic, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michel J. F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gordon S. Kino, Stanford, CA (US);
Olav Solgaard, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method detects a topology of a reflective surface. The method includes providing an optical fiber positioned such that light emitted from the optical fiber is reflected by at least a portion of the reflective surface. The optical fiber and the portion of the reflective surface form an optical resonator having an optical resonance with a resonance lineshape. The method further includes emitting light from the optical fiber while the optical fiber is at a plurality of positions along the reflective surface. The light emitted from the optical fiber irradiates a corresponding plurality of portions of the reflective surface. The method further includes measuring a change of the resonance lineshape due to the irradiation of the plurality of portions of the reflective surface.