Patent 7515619 was granted and assigned to Intel on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus and method to safely control the power output of a laser source. A power monitor is optically coupled to monitor a power output of laser source generating an optical signal. The power monitor is coupled to generate power feedback data indicative of the power output. A processor is coupled to control the power output of the laser source in real-time in response to the power feedback data from the power monitor.