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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Institut National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Québec, CA;

Inventors:

Piotr Roztocki, Montreal, CA;

Christian Reimer, Longueuil, CA;

Michael Kues, Montreal, CA;

Robin Helsten, Montreal, CA;

Yoann Jestin, Montreal, CA;

Roberto Morandotti, Montreal, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/45 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01); G01K 11/00 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02067 (2013.01); G01B 9/02003 (2013.01); G01B 9/02027 (2013.01); G01J 3/45 (2013.01); G01J 9/02 (2013.01); G01K 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 2290/45 (2013.01); G01B 2290/70 (2013.01); G01H 9/004 (2013.01); G01J 2009/0226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for phase-readout/control and active stabilization on arbitrary interferometric phase in the optical interferometer platform is disclosed. The method makes use of a bi-colored polarization-multiplexed reference laser scheme. The disclosed scheme is based on two phase-locked reference signals with different frequencies that together remove the phase ambiguity. The two signals are polarization-multiplexed (either in free-space or optical fiber implementations) to enable easy separation and combining of these two signals through the use of polarization beam-splitters. The disclosed scheme provides a one-to-one map between phase and feedback signal levels, and enables phase-readout and stabilization even when one of the feedback-signals is at a maximum/minimum.


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