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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Anthony Van Zeeland, San Diego, CA (US);
Tsuyoshi Akiyama, San Diego, CA (US);
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for laser diagnostics systems (e.g., systems and methods for beam combination in heterodyne interferometers and polarimeters). For instance, a laser beam combiner, including a modulator and a wedge combiner, may be implemented in a heterodyne dispersion interferometer. In some cases, a modulator receives laser light (e.g., the laser light having a combination of a vertical polarization component and a horizontal polarization component) and the modulator shifts a frequency of the laser polarization components relative to the other. A wedge combiner having an index of refraction, and the wedge combiner comprises a mirror surface coating a and transmissive surface coating configured to effectively combine different polarization components of the laser light using transmission and reflection techniques, according to embodiments described herein.