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US 7,248,369 B2Granted
Temperature stabilized single mode fiber connectors in semiconductor source spectroscopy system
AssigneeAxsun Technologies, Inc.
InventorRandal A. Murdza
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling the temperature of the single mode fiber connectors and single mode, polarization maintaining fiber connectors, which that are used in the semiconductor source spectroscopy systems, is described to stabilize the system against baseline drift. Research and modeling has identified the source of thermally induced shifting to the single mode fiber connectors and single mode, polarization maintaining fiber connectors that are used to assemble the semiconductor source spectroscopy systems.
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A semiconductor source spectroscopy system, comprising:
- a semiconductor source for generating a signal for illuminating a sample;
- a detector for detecting a signal from the sample generated by the illumination of the sample by the semiconductor source;
- a fiber link including a fiber connector for guiding the signal between the semiconductor source and the detector;
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- a temperature control system for controlling a temperature of the fiber connector.
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A spectroscopy method, comprising:
- generating a signal for illuminating a sample using a semiconductor gain medium;
- detecting a signal from a sample generated by the illumination of the sample by the semiconductor gain medium with a detector;
- guiding the signal between the semiconductor gain medium and the detector with a fiber link including a fiber connector;
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- controlling a temperature of the fiber connector.
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