US Patent:
20220209492, Jun 30, 2022
Inventors:
- Guilford CT, US
Jason W. Sickler - Arlington MA, US
Lawrence C. West - San Jose CA, US
Faisal R. Ahmad - Guilford CT, US
Paul E. Glenn - Wellesley MA, US
Jack Jewell - Boulder CO, US
John Glenn - Carlisle MA, US
Jose Camara - Saratoga CA, US
Jeremy Christopher Jordan - Cromwell CT, US
Todd Rearick - Cheshire CT, US
Farshid Ghasemi - Guilford CT, US
Jonathan C. Schultz - Guilford CT, US
Keith G. Fife - Palo Alto CA, US
Benjamin Cipriany - Branford CT, US
Assignee:
Quantum-Si Incorporated - Guilford CT
International Classification:
H01S 3/11
H01S 3/02
H01S 3/081
H01S 3/0941
G02F 1/37
H01S 3/08
H01S 3/16
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for producing ultrashort optical pulses are described. A high-power, solid-state, passively mode-locked laser can be manufactured in a compact module that can be incorporated into a portable instrument. The mode-locked laser can produce sub-50-ps optical pulses at a repetition rates between 200 MHz and 50 MHz, rates suitable for massively parallel data-acquisition. The optical pulses can be used to generate a reference clock signal for synchronizing data-acquisition and signal-processing electronics of the portable instrument.