Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamical locking of optical path times using entangled photons
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Application No.: US16936282Application Date: 2020-07-22
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Publication No.: US11268806B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Chad Fertig , David Campagna , Karl D. Nelson
- Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Fogg & Powers LLC
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; H04B10/29 ; H04B10/50

Abstract:
Systems and methods for dynamic locking of optical path times using entangled photons are provided. A system includes an optical source for generating bi-photons; tracer laser beam sources for generating tracer laser beams; telescopes that emit the tracer laser beams and the bi-photons to remote reflectors, each bi-photon traveling along an optical path in a pair of optical paths toward a corresponding remote reflector, wherein the telescopes receive reflected bi-photons from the remote reflectors; and communication links, wherein the optical source respectively communicates with first and second remote reflectors through a first and second communication link. Also, the optical source uses the tracer laser beams and the communication links to respectively point the bi-photons towards the remote reflectors. Moreover, the system includes an interferometer that provides information regarding detection of the reflected bi-photons, wherein the optical source uses the information to adjust optical path lengths to be substantially equal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220026195A1 DYNAMICAL LOCKING OF OPTICAL PATH TIMES USING ENTANGLED PHOTONS Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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