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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2023
Longpath Technologies, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Gregory B. Rieker, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert J. Wright, Boulder, CO (US);
Caroline B. Alden, Boulder, CO (US);
Sean C. Coburn, Longmont, CO (US);
David Wilson, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for characterizing gas emissions includes measuring first and second optical beams to generate first and second absorption signals, respectively. Each of the optical beams is transmitted from a center point and retroreflected back to the center point. Paths of the optical beams define boundaries of a sector. Based on the absorption signals, an emission rate of a gas from within the sector is determined. If the emission rate exceeds a threshold, a third optical beam is measured to generate a third absorption signal. The third optical beam is transmitted from the center point and retroreflected back to the center point. The third optical beam propagates along a path that divides the sector into first and second subsectors. Based on the first, second, and third absorption signals, a location of a source of the gas is identified as being within the first subsector or the second subsector.