Device and method for interaction between an agile laser beam and a hyperfine energy transition of a chemical species
US11744003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04F5/14
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for interaction between a laser beam and a hyperfine energy transition of a chemical species. The device further includes an electro-optic modulator with a single sideband with an input optical waveguide suitable for receiving a source laser beam and an output optical waveguide suitable for generating an output laser beam and an electronic system suitable for generating and applying, simultaneously, a first modulated electrical signal, sin(Ω1t)) to a first hyperfrequency pulse on a first high-frequency electrode of the electro-optic modulator and, respectively, another modulated electrical signal, cos(Ω1t)) to the first pulse on another high-frequency electrode of the electro-optic modulator, in such a way as to frequency-switch the output laser beam to a first optical frequency offset from the first pulse with respect to the initial optical frequency.
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