Fast computational phase and timing correction for multiheterodyne spectroscopy

    公开(公告)号:US11499867B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US17240172

    申请日:2021-04-26

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an all-digital phase and timing correction procedure for coherent averaging in dual-comb and multiheterodyne spectroscopy—applicable to any dual-comb spectroscopy setup. It can account for large frequency/phase instabilities of the used sources, yielding a significant reduction of the noise pedestal and an increase in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the radio frequency (RF) beat notes. This technique is computationally efficient and can be conveniently implemented either as a post-processing algorithm or in a real-time data acquisition and processing platform without the necessity of adding any additional optical elements to the dual-comb spectroscopy system. By implementing this technique, the performance of any comb- or comb-like-source-based DCS system with a sufficient degree of mutual coherence between the optical modes can be improved in terms of SNR and number of spectroscopically-usable RF beat notes. The described technique is compatible with a DC-centered RF spectrum, where the negative frequencies are folded to the positive domain to double the number of beat notes within the detector bandwidth. The technique enables coherent averaging over extended time-scales even for free-running combs, thus increasing the sensitivity of absorption and dispersion DCS measurements.

    DUAL OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220102930A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17546153

    申请日:2021-12-09

    Abstract: A dual optical frequency comb light-emitting device includes a first optical-frequency-comb laser source that includes a first laser resonator having a first optical path length, a second optical-frequency-comb laser source that includes a second laser resonator having a second optical path length different from the first optical path length, and an optical coupler that causes a first portion of first optical-frequency-comb laser light emitted from the first laser resonator to enter the second laser resonator. The first optical-frequency-comb laser source outputs a second portion of the first optical-frequency-comb laser light to an outside. The second optical-frequency-comb laser source outputs second optical-frequency-comb laser light emitted from the second laser resonator to the outside.

    Sensor device
    143.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11131584B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16831308

    申请日:2020-03-26

    Abstract: A sensor device may determine a first optical sensor value associated with a first displacement and a second optical sensor value associated with a second displacement, wherein the first displacement is between an emitter associated with the first optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the first optical sensor value, wherein the second displacement is between an emitter associated with the second optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the second optical sensor value, and wherein the first displacement is different from the second displacement. The sensor device may determine one or more measurements using the first optical sensor value and the second optical sensor value, wherein the one or more measurements relate to a first penetration depth associated with the first optical sensor value, and a second penetration depth associated with the second optical sensor value.

    METHOD FOR COMPENSATION IN A MEASURING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210041294A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16986917

    申请日:2020-08-06

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compensation for different sensitivities at different wavelengths in a spectrometric measuring system, including steps of calibrating the measuring system in a wavelength range with respect to one or more known reference standards, creating a wavelength-dependent compensation algorithm for linearization, and adjusting the measuring system using the compensation algorithm. The invention further discloses a corresponding measuring system.

    SENSOR DEVICE
    147.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210033460A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16831308

    申请日:2020-03-26

    Abstract: A sensor device may determine a first optical sensor value associated with a first displacement and a second optical sensor value associated with a second displacement, wherein the first displacement is between an emitter associated with the first optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the first optical sensor value, wherein the second displacement is between an emitter associated with the second optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the second optical sensor value, and wherein the first displacement is different from the second displacement. The sensor device may determine one or more measurements using the first optical sensor value and the second optical sensor value, wherein the one or more measurements relate to a first penetration depth associated with the first optical sensor value, and a second penetration depth associated with the second optical sensor value.

    Gas analysis system
    148.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10753864B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16215269

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Abstract: A gas analysis system includes a spectroscopy assembly coupled to a vehicle. The spectroscopy assembly includes a multiplexer configured to combine a plurality of light beams into a multiplexed light beam, wherein the multiplexer is configured to direct the multiplexed light beam toward a target surface. Additionally, the spectroscopy assembly includes a collection optic configured to receive a reflected multiplexed light beam from the target surface. Further, the spectroscopy assembly includes a controller configured to de-multiplex the multiplexed light beam into a plurality of reflected light beams and determine a spectral intensity of the plurality of reflected light beams.

    BROAD RANGE GAS ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING
    150.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190212261A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16352351

    申请日:2019-03-13

    CPC classification number: G01N21/3504 G01J3/427 G01N2201/0221

    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for detecting gas by: illuminating, with a controllable illuminator system, a scene with light including radiation within the infrared (IR) wavelength range; controlling the illuminator system to emit light at a first wavelength corresponding to a first absorption level of a gas and at a second wavelength corresponding to a second absorption level of a gas, such that an equal amount of radiant energy over a time period is emitted onto the scene for each of said first and second wavelengths; and capturing a first IR image of the scene being illuminated with light at said first wavelength and a second IR image of the scene illuminated with light at said second wavelength, and comparing said first and second IR images to determine whether a characteristic for at least one specific gas is represented in said first and/or second IR images.

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