Apparatus and methods for one or more wavelength swept lasers and the detection of signals thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9915520
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15265429

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An optical instrument including at least a first and second wavelength swept vertical cavity laser (VCL) sources. The wavelength sweeping ranges spanned by the first and second VCL sources may differ with a region of spectral overlap. The first and second VCL sources may be operable under different modes of operation, wherein the modes of operation differ in at least one of: sweep repetition rate, sweep wavelength range, sweep center wavelength, and sweep trajectory. A VCL source may also exhibit sweep-to-sweep variation. Apparatus and methods are described for aligning sample signal data from the first VCL and sample signal data from the second VCL to generate output digital data. The output digital data is aligned with respect to at least one of: wavelength, wavenumber, and interferometric phase. The apparatus and methods can also be used to phase stabilize successive sweeps from the same VCL source or wavelength swept source.

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THORLABS INC56 SPARTA AVENUE NEWTON NJ 07860
PRAEVIUM RESEARCH INCPRAEVIUM RESEARCH INC 601C PINE AVENUE GOLETA CA 93117-3817

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Cable, Alex Newton, US 16 135
Jayaraman, Vijaysekhar Goleta, US 37 988
Jiang, James Hackettstown, US 20 679
Potsaid, Benjamin Cambridge, US 4 98

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