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Graphics card-based real-time processing for dual comb interferometry
Mathieu Walsh1, James Kasic2,3, Kevin Cossel2
1Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|October 10, 2024
Summary
Real-time processing for dual optical frequency comb interferometry is now accessible. A new, free software enables faster correction and averaging, boosting this high-resolution technique.
Area of Science:
- Optics and Photonics
- Metrology
- Signal Processing
Background:
- Dual optical frequency comb interferometry offers high resolution and sensitivity.
- Current limitations include the lack of accessible real-time interferogram acquisition, correction, and averaging.
- This hinders the broader adoption of this advanced technique in research and commercial applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and describe a freely available software for real-time processing of dual optical frequency comb interferograms.
- To overcome the accessibility limitations of real-time data processing in interferometry.
- To facilitate wider deployment of high-resolution, high-sensitivity interferometric techniques.
Main Methods:
- Development of a freely available correction software.
- Implementation of real-time processing capabilities.
- Leveraging graphics processing units (GPUs) for accelerated computation.
Main Results:
- The developed software performs real-time correction and averaging of interferograms.
- Processing is accelerated using graphics processing units.
- The software is made freely available to the research community.
Conclusions:
- The new software enhances the accessibility of real-time processing for dual optical frequency comb interferometry.
- This advancement is expected to promote wider adoption and application of the technique.
- Freely available tools are crucial for democratizing advanced scientific methods.
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