Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for measuring relative delays between optical propagation channels in pulsed operation
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Application No.: US15780182Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10222268B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Jérome Bourderionnet , Arnaud Brignon , Marie Antier-Murgey
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1502513 20151202
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/079199 WO 20161130
- International Announcement: WO2017/093277 WO 20170608
- Main IPC: G01B9/02
- IPC: G01B9/02 ; G01J9/02 ; H01S3/00 ; G04F13/02 ; G01J11/00 ; H01S3/23

Abstract:
A method for measuring the delay between N pulses having a duration less than 100 picoseconds comprises the steps: collimated emission of the pulses having the same repetition frequency, emission of a reference pulse having the same repetition frequency capable of producing interference fringes with each of the pulses, for each of the pulses, detection, by a detector, of the coherent sum of this pulse with the reference pulse, this sum producing the interference fringes, the fringes originating from each of the pulses being distinguishable from one another. The reference pulse is emitted with an adjustable delay, and the method further comprises: for each delay, simultaneous measurement for the pulses of N contrasts of the interference fringes, for each of the pulses, a delay value between this pulse and the reference pulse is determined by the delay corresponding to the maximum contrast.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180364106A1 METHOD FOR MEASURING RELATIVE DELAYS BETWEEN OPTICAL PROPAGATION CHANNELS IN PULSED OPERATION Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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