Single and double superimposing interferometer systems

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873223

Erskine, David J ^[1]

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1. Oakland, CA

Interferometers which can imprint a coherent delay on a broadband uncollimated beam are described. The delay value can be independent of incident ray angle, allowing interferometry using uncollimated beams from common extended sources such as lamps and fiber bundles, and facilitating Fourier Transform spectroscopy of wide angle sources. Pairs of such interferometers matched in delay and dispersion can measure velocity and communicate using ordinary lamps, wide diameter optical fibers and arbitrary non-imaging paths, and not requiring a laser.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 6115121
• OSTI ID: 873223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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double
superimposing
interferometer
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interferometers
imprint
coherent
delay
broadband
uncollimated
beam
described
value
independent
incident
ray
angle
allowing
interferometry
beams
common
extended
sources
lamps
fiber
bundles
facilitating
fourier
transform
spectroscopy
wide
pairs
matched
dispersion
measure
velocity
communicate
ordinary
diameter
optical
fibers
arbitrary
non-imaging
paths
requiring
laser
optical fibers
optical fiber
fourier transform
collimated beam
fiber bundle
diameter optical
collimated beams
measure velocity
fiber bundles
wide angle
wide diameter
coherent delay
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