Method of short optical pulse generation
AssigneeLGS Innovations LLC
InventorInuk Kang
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a method of short pulse generation. The method includes the step of creating, via electrical circuitry in a master oscillator, a square wave pulse with a predetermined pulse repetition rate. The method includes the step of retiming the square pulse with a clock. The method includes the step of recovering an electrical signal from the retimed square pulse. Further, the method includes the step of sending the recovered electrical signal to a modulator for modulating an optical signal.
Claims20
A method for generating an optical pulse comprising:
- creating, via electrical circuitry in a master oscillator, a square wave pulse with a predetermined pulse repetition rate;
- retiming the square pulse with a clock;
- recovering an electrical signal from the retimed square pulse;
- and
- sending the recovered electrical signal to a modulator for modulating an optical signal.
A system for generating optical pulses comprising:
- a modulator for modulating a signal received from a continuous wave;
- and
- a drive generator that drives the modulator with an electrical signal for modulating the continuous wave, the drive generator including circuitry configured to:
- create a square wave pulse with a predetermined pulse repetition rate,
- retime the square pulse with a clock, and
- recover the electrical signal from the retimed square pulse.
A method for performing testing on a material comprising:
- providing the material having a chemical compound;
- providing a master oscillator being configured to
- create a square wave pulse via electrical circuitry,
- retime the square pulse with a clock,
- recover a signal from the retimed square pulse, and
- sending the recovered signal to a modulator;
- and
- sensing the chemical compound of the material using the master oscillator via LIDAR techniques.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.