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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Calient Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Inbar, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIENT Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical scanning systems and methods of controlling a resonant scanning mirror are disclosed. A rotatable mirror may oscillate about a rotation axis in response to a drive signal. A reference source may provide a reference light beam directed to the rotatable mirror. A reference detector may be disposed to receive the reference light beam reflected from the rotatable mirror twice during each oscillation of the rotatable mirror. A controller may set both an amplitude and a frequency of the drive signal based on an output of the reference detector.