Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers
    1.
    发明申请
    Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers 有权
    可调谐激光器劣化补偿方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060129344A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-15

    申请号:US10533349

    申请日:2003-10-30

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00

    摘要: The invention provides a method to compensate for degradation in a tunable laser and ensure its performance by tracking the degradation and adjusting the control information accordingly. This is accomplished by performing some measurements of the output of the tunable laser at an initial setup or calibration procedure. Then, by effecting a periodic repetition of these measurements and using a comparison between these two measurements the present invention provides for a compensation factor for the operating conditions, primarily in the form of a look up table of operating points of the laser. These measurements show how much the operating points of the laser have drifted over the period since the last set of measurements, which provide control information to compensate for degradation in the laser.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种补偿可调激光器的劣化并通过跟踪劣化并相应地调整控制信息来确保其性能的方法。 这是通过在初始设置或校准过程中对可调谐激光器的输出进行一些测量来实现的。 然后,通过进行这些测量的周期性重复并且使用这两个测量之间的比较,本发明主要以激光的操作点的查找表的形式提供了操作条件的补偿因子。 这些测量显示了自上一组测量以来,激光器的工作点已经漂移了多少时间,这提供了控制信息来补偿激光器的退化。

    Method and system for continuous sweeping of a tunable laser
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and system for continuous sweeping of a tunable laser 有权
    连续扫描可调谐激光的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070183465A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-09

    申请号:US10552967

    申请日:2004-04-14

    IPC分类号: H01S3/10

    摘要: The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统,将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域,所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

    Method and system for continuous sweeping of a tunable laser
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and system for continuous sweeping of a tunable laser 有权
    连续扫描可调谐激光的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07649917B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-19

    申请号:US10552967

    申请日:2004-04-14

    IPC分类号: H01S3/10

    摘要: The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统,将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域,所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

    Displacement measuring interferometer system and method using tunable lasers
    4.
    发明申请
    Displacement measuring interferometer system and method using tunable lasers 审中-公开
    位移测量干涉仪系统和方法采用可调激光器

    公开(公告)号:US20060126073A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-15

    申请号:US11298068

    申请日:2005-12-09

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02

    摘要: A displacement measuring interferometer system and method for measuring the distance between two known points is disclosed. An interferometer is configured to provide a reference reflection of a reference point and a measurement reflection of a measurement point. A tunable laser is used to scan in wavelength into the interferometer to detect interferometer characteristics to measure the distance between the reference point and the measurement point from the interferometer characteristics. The invention describes a displacement measuring interferometer which uses a scanning tunable laser to accurately map out a fringe such that significant improvement in accuracy can be achieved by use of a tunable laser to scan the wavelengths and determine the fringe.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于测量两个已知点之间的距离的位移测量干涉仪系统和方法。 干涉仪被配置为提供参考点的参考反射和测量点的测量反射。 使用可调谐激光器将波长扫描到干涉仪中以检测干涉仪特性,以从干涉仪特性测量参考点和测量点之间的距离。 本发明描述了一种位移测量干涉仪,其使用扫描可调谐激光器来精确地绘出边缘,使得可以通过使用可调谐激光器来扫描波长并确定边缘来实现精确度的显着改善。

    Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers
    5.
    发明授权
    Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers 有权
    可调谐激光器劣化补偿方法

    公开(公告)号:US07478007B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-13

    申请号:US10533349

    申请日:2003-10-30

    IPC分类号: G01K11/30

    摘要: The invention provides a method to compensate for degradation in a tunable laser and ensure its performance by tracking the degradation and adjusting the control information accordingly. This is accomplished by performing some measurements of the output of the tunable laser at an initial setup or calibration procedure. Then, by effecting a periodic repetition of these measurements and using a comparison between these two measurements the present invention provides for a compensation factor for the operating conditions, primarily in the form of a look up table of operating points of the laser. These measurements show how much the operating points of the laser have drifted over the period since the last set of measurements, which provide control informatIon to compensate for degradation in the laser.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种补偿可调激光器的劣化并通过跟踪劣化并相应地调整控制信息来确保其性能的方法。 这是通过在初始设置或校准过程中对可调谐激光器的输出进行一些测量来实现的。 然后,通过进行这些测量的周期性重复并且使用这两个测量之间的比较,本发明主要以激光的操作点的查找表的形式提供了操作条件的补偿因子。 这些测量显示激光器的工作点在自最后一组测量以来的这段时间内漂移了多少,这些测量提供了控制信息来补偿激光器的退化。

    Low noise swept wavelength laser system and method
    6.
    发明申请
    Low noise swept wavelength laser system and method 审中-公开
    低噪声扫频波长激光系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060088068A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-27

    申请号:US11251117

    申请日:2005-10-13

    IPC分类号: H01S3/13

    摘要: The invention provides a swept wavelength laser system comprising: a module providing a laser source with an optical output where the laser wavelength sweeps a wavelength range of the laser source with low wavelength noise at a sweep frequency rate; and a real-time high speed single measurement of an optical artefact over a single wavelength sweep wherein the laser source is optimized for low noise operation.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种扫频波长激光系统,包括:模块,其向激光源提供光输出,其中激光波长以扫描频率以低波长噪声扫描激光源的波长范围; 以及在单个波长扫描上的光学伪影的实时高速单次测量,其中激光源针对低噪声操作被优化。