General noise suppression scheme with reference detection in optical heterodyne spectroscopy

    公开(公告)号:US10809128B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15941510

    申请日:2018-03-30

    Abstract: A heterodyne optical spectroscopy system comprises a light source that acts as a local oscillator (LO); a beam splitting component that generates a reference beam from the LO; a signal component that generates a sample signal from a sample; a beam blocker that can turn off the sample signal to generate blank shots; a composite signal detection subsystem that detects a heterodyned signal that is a mix of the sample signal and a portion of the LO; a composite reference detection subsystem synchronized to the signal detection subsystem to detect a portion of the reference beam; and a processor that processes digital signals from the signal detection subsystem and the reference detection subsystem. A very versatile reference scheme is developed to treat different heterodyne spectroscopies in a unified way, which achieves optimal noise suppression.

    GENERAL NOISE SUPPRESSION SCHEME WITH REFERENCE DETECTION IN OPTICAL HETERODYNE SPECTROSCOPY

    公开(公告)号:US20180283950A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15941510

    申请日:2018-03-30

    CPC classification number: G01J3/45 G01J3/027 G01J3/433 G01J9/04

    Abstract: A heterodyne optical spectroscopy system comprises a light source that acts as a local oscillator (LO); a beam splitting component that generates a reference beam from the LO; a signal component that generates a sample signal from a sample; a beam blocker that can turn off the sample signal to generate blank shots; a composite signal detection subsystem that detects a heterodyned signal that is a mix of the sample signal and a portion of the LO; a composite reference detection subsystem synchronized to the signal detection subsystem to detect a portion of the reference beam; and a processor that processes digital signals from the signal detection subsystem and the reference detection subsystem. A very versatile reference scheme is developed to treat different heterodyne spectroscopies in a unified way, which achieves optimal noise suppression.

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