Patent ID: 11971589
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. The device as in claim 1, wherein:
the array of light emitters includes an array of output waveguide segments formed over a substrate and each output waveguide segment includes an angled facet that directs guided light in each output waveguide segment to the angled facet as an optical beam from a light emitter, a network of waveguides formed over the substrate and coupled to different output waveguide segments to direct light to the different output waveguide segments, coupling between each output waveguide segment to the network of waveguides being controlled by the control circuit to allow the coupling to be turned on and off; and
the laser diode is coupled to the network of waveguides to supply laser light to be coupled to the different output waveguide segments so that the different optical beams from the different output waveguide segments are from the laser light of the laser.