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Ultrafast camera system and measurement method thereof

US11902495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 2021
Grant dateFeb 13, 2024
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/60
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An ultrafast camera system includes a sensor head that injects an optical pulse train input from a pulsed laser onto a surface of a measurement target and outputs an optical signal reflected from the surface, and a timing detector that receives the optical signal whose time-of-flight is changed after passing through the sensor head and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to a timing error between the optical signal and a reference signal. Another ultrafast camera system includes a wavelength dispersion device to disperse an optical pulse train of a pulsed laser into a wavelength spectrum, a lens that vertically injects continuous wavelength signals dispersed into the wavelength spectrum onto a measurement line, and a timing detector that receives an optical signal including the continuous wavelength signals reflected from the measurement line, and outputs a timing error between the reference signal and the continuous wavelength signals as a signal intensity.

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