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

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

In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture configured to receive first light from a scene input, a second input aperture configured to receive second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local oscillator configured to provide the second light to the second input aperture, a dispersive element configured to disperse the first light and the second light, and a final condensing lens coupled to an infrared detector. The final condensing lens is configured to concentrate 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:: Stevens, Charles G.; Tringe, Joseph W.; Cunningham, Christopher T.

Issue Date:: 2016-08-02

OSTI Identifier:: 1280871

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA) LLNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,404,801

Application Number:: 14/331,193

Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 14

Research Org:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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