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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael J. F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shanhui Fan, Stanford, CA (US);
Seth Lloyd, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical sensor, a method of configuring an optical sensor, and a method of using an optical sensor are provided. The optical sensor includes an optical loop having a length and a laser source optically coupled to the loop. The laser source has a coherence length. Light from the source is transmitted to the loop as a first signal and a second signal counterpropagating along the loop. The optical paths of the first signal and the second signal are substantially reciprocal with one another and the first signal and the second signal are combined together after counterpropagating through the loop to generate a third signal. A ratio of the coherence length to the length of the loop is greater than 1.
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