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Title: Room-temperature quantum noise limited spectrometry and methods of the same

Abstract

In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture adapted for receiving first light from a scene input, a second input aperture adapted for receiving second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local oscillator adapted for providing the second light to the second input aperture, a dispersive element adapted for dispersing the first light and the second light, and a final condensing lens coupled to an infrared detector. The final condensing lens is adapted for concentrating incident light from a primary condensing lens onto the infrared detector, and the infrared detector is a square-law detector capable of sensing the frequency difference between the first light and the second light. More systems and methods for detecting light are described according to other embodiments.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1151759
Patent Number(s):
8816284
Application Number:
13/076,162
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Stevens, Charles G., Tringe, Joseph W., and Cunningham, Christopher Thomas. Room-temperature quantum noise limited spectrometry and methods of the same. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Stevens, Charles G., Tringe, Joseph W., & Cunningham, Christopher Thomas. Room-temperature quantum noise limited spectrometry and methods of the same. United States.
Stevens, Charles G., Tringe, Joseph W., and Cunningham, Christopher Thomas. Tue . "Room-temperature quantum noise limited spectrometry and methods of the same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1151759.
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