Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Electrical signal parameter measurement system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-25
2007-12-25
Wachsman, Hal (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Electrical signal parameter measurement system
C702S078000, C702S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11384230
ABSTRACT:
A method determines a complex electric field temporal profile of an optical pulse. The method includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising the optical pulse and a dummy pulse. The method further includes providing an estimated phase term of the Fourier transform of the complex electric field temporal profile of the pulse sequence. The method further includes multiplying the measured magnitude and the estimated phase term to generate an estimated Fourier transform of the complex electric field temporal profile of the pulse sequence. The method further includes calculating an inverse Fourier transform of the estimated Fourier transform, wherein the inverse Fourier transform is a function of time. The method further includes calculating an estimated complex electric field temporal profile of the pulse sequence by applying at least one constraint to the inverse Fourier transform.
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Digonnet Michel J. F.
Kino Gordon S.
Ozcan Aydogan
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Wachsman Hal
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