A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay material which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed.

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of laser based medical devices. Particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for enhancing laser beam efficacy in a liquid medium. In many embodiments, laser pulses are modulated based on bubble dynamics to improve energy delivery to a target. A variety of exemplary pulse modulation scheme are described including modulating pulse power down during expansion of an index bubble and modulating pulse power up during collapse of the index bubble.

An optical system element includes a first enclosure designed for receiving in circulation a functional fluid and at least one inlet and/or outlet window located on the first enclosure and through which a light beam can pass. The inlet and/or outlet window includes two viewports which delimit a spacer cavity adjacent to the first enclosure. The spacer cavity is designed to receive a second fluid with a predetermined optical index and is equipped with a device for adjusting the pressure therein. Degradation of a beam during its passage through the inlet and/or outlet window can be limited by careful selection of the optical index of the second fluid and the pressure in the spacer cavity.

The present disclosure is related to field of Fiber Feedback (FFB) technology, and provides a method and system for estimating the distance between a fiber end and a target. The method includes illuminating, by a Light Emitting, Transmitting and Detecting (LETD) system, the target with laser light of different wavelengths having low and high water absorption coefficients, using different laser light sources, as well as receiving a returned signal corresponding to the incident laser light of different wavelengths, and detecting the returned signal to measure intensity values of the returned signal of a specific wavelength. Using the measured intensity values, a processing unit may estimate distance between the fiber end and the target. The present disclosure enables accurate estimation of distance between a fiber end and the target. The present disclosure also provides a robust distance estimation technique which is compatible with different types of targets.

A combination of microvalves and waveguides may enable the creation of reconfigurable on-chip light sources compatible with planar sample preparation and particle sensing architecture using either single-mode or multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguides. A first type of light source is a DFB laser source with lateral gratings created by the light valves. Moreover, feedback for creating a narrowband light source does not have to be a DFB grating in the active region. A DBR configuration (Bragg mirrors on one or both ends of the active region) or simple mirrors at the end of the cavity can also be used. Alternately, ring resonators may be created using a valve coupled to a bus waveguide where the active gain medium is either incorporated in the ring or inside an enclosed fluid. The active light source may be activated by moving a fluid trap and/or a solid-core optical component defining its active region.

A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay material which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed.

A combination of microvalves and waveguides may enable the creation of reconfigurable on-chip light sources compatible with planar sample preparation and particle sensing architecture using either single-mode or multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguides. A first type of light source is a DFB laser source with lateral gratings created by the light valves. Moreover, feedback for creating a narrowband light source does not have to be a DFB grating in the active region. A DBR configuration (Bragg mirrors on one or both ends of the active region) or simple mirrors at the end of the cavity can also be used. Alternately, ring resonators may be created using a valve coupled to a bus waveguide where the active gain medium is either incorporated in the ring or inside an enclosed fluid. The active light source may be activated by moving a fluid trap and/or a solid-core optical component defining its active region.

An optical system element includes a first enclosure designed for receiving in circulation a functional fluid and at least one inlet and/or outlet window located on the first enclosure and through which a light beam can pass. The inlet and/or outlet window includes two viewports which delimit a spacer cavity adjacent to the first enclosure. The spacer cavity is designed to receive a second fluid with a predetermined optical index and is equipped with a device for adjusting the pressure therein. Degradation of a beam during its passage through the inlet and/or outlet window can be limited by careful selection of the optical index of the second fluid and the pressure in the spacer cavity.

A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay material which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed.

The conjugated polymer laser with temperature-controlled power output uses a triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer as the laser medium to produce an output laser beam having a beam energy tunable between approximately 20 J and approximately 325 J over a temperature range of the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer between approximately 40 C. and approximately 85 C. The triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer laser medium is a solution of poly[N,N-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N-bisphenylbenzidine], known as poly-TPD(4B), dissolved in toluene. Poly-TPD(4B) has a long side chain of butyl (C.sub.4H.sub.9), providing temperature-dependent dimerization, which may not be found with shorter chains of butyl, such as in poly-TPD(4E) or poly-TPD(4M). The molar concentration of the poly-TPD in the solution is between approximately 5 M and approximately 100 M. Additional adjustable tuning of the molar concentration of the poly-TPD in the solution provides for wavelength tuning of the output laser beam between approximately 415 nm and approximately 445 nm.