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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPLF), Lausanne, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/22 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); C09K 5/06 (2006.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/09 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/136 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/22 (2014.12); C09K 5/063 (2013.01); G02B 3/0062 (2013.01); G02B 5/09 (2013.01); G02B 6/10 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0042 (2013.01); G02B 26/0875 (2013.01); G02F 1/0054 (2013.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); G02B 5/136 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for self-tracking a light source, including a focusing optical device configured to focus incoming light to a focal spot, an adaptive device configured to reflect the light of the focal spot and arranged to provide for a phase change at an area of the focal spot of the incoming light to generate a reflected light, and a light guide located between the focusing optical device and the adaptive device, the light guide configured to capture the reflected light of the adaptive device.