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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Khanh Q. Kieu, Tucson, AZ (US);
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method of interrogating an absorbing sample includes using a mode-locked laser mode-locked in both a clock-wise (CW) and a counter-clock wise (CCW) direction to generate first and second optical pulses having different repetition rates. One of the first and second optical pulses is directed in a CW direction and the other of the first and second optical pulses is directed in the CCW direction. The first optical pulses are transmitted through the absorbing sample to probe the absorbing sample while the second optical pulses are transmitted through the absorbing sample to act as a local oscillator. An interference pattern produced by interference between the first and second optical pulses is detected after traversing the absorbing sample.