Method of precision beam collimation using fiber-optic circulator and wavelength tunable source

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PATENT NO 11307367
APP PUB NO 20220050253A1
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16994927

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A method of calibrating a collimating lens system includes transmitting, using an optical transmitter, a beam out of an optical fiber and through a collimating lens of the collimating lens system. The beam is reflected off a perfect flat mirror positioned at an output of the collimating lens and back towards the collimating lens, and received, via the collimating lens, at a power meter connected to the optical fiber. The method also includes adjusting a position of a tip of the optical fiber proximal to the collimating lens while tracking a power reading using the power meter, selecting a calibration position of the optical fiber corresponding to a highest power reading, and securing the optical fiber relative to the collimating lens using the calibration position.

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Epp, Paul Sunnyvale, US 11 53
Kazmierski, Andrei Pleasanton, US 18 86
Kim, Nam-hyong San Jose, US 24 193

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