Tracking algorithm for linear array signal processor for Fabry-Perot cross-correlation pattern and method of using same
First Claim
1. A method for calculating an interferometric gap of an interferometric sensor from a cross-correlation of the interferometeric sensor and an interferometric correlation element, said method comprising:
- providing an interferometric sensor having a first gap;
providing an interferometric correlation element having a substantially linear varying second gap, said second gap comprising a dispersive material placed in series with said first gap;
generating a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from a cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves due to dispersion across the range of the second gap;
collecting data on the correlation burst waveform;
tracking said features across an entire range of the first gap and determining a dominant peak or a dominant valley;
computing a peak margin, where the peak margin is a ratio of a second largest magnitude peak to the dominant peak subtracted from 100 percent; and
using the dominant peak or dominant valley and the computed peak margin to determine a length of the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents.
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Abstract
An algorithm and method for calculating an interferometric gap is disclosed that comprises providing an interferometric sensor having a first gap and an interferometric correlation element having a second gap placed in series with the first gap. A correlation burst waveform is generated having a plurality of features wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of the second gap. Means are provided for tracking the features across the entire range of gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine the first gap.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for calculating an interferometric gap of an interferometric sensor from a cross-correlation of the interferometeric sensor and an interferometric correlation element, said method comprising:
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providing an interferometric sensor having a first gap; providing an interferometric correlation element having a substantially linear varying second gap, said second gap comprising a dispersive material placed in series with said first gap; generating a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from a cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves due to dispersion across the range of the second gap; collecting data on the correlation burst waveform; tracking said features across an entire range of the first gap and determining a dominant peak or a dominant valley; computing a peak margin, where the peak margin is a ratio of a second largest magnitude peak to the dominant peak subtracted from 100 percent; and using the dominant peak or dominant valley and the computed peak margin to determine a length of the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for calculating a magnitude of an interferometric gap from a cross-correlation of an interferometeric sensor and an interferometric correlation element, said method comprising:
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providing a Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor having a first gap; providing a wedge or Fizeau interferometric correlation element having a second gap comprising a dispersive material, said correlation element placed in series with said Fabry-Perot sensor; generating a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from the cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of first gaps as the first gap changes; tracking said features across an entire range of first gaps and determining a dominant peak or a dominant valley; computing a peak margin with a first algorithm, where the first algorithm is Peak Margin=100%−
abs(max(P.L2, P.R2)−
Avg)/P.C, where;abs is a function that takes the absolute value of a number; max is a function that chooses the largest value from a set of values; P.L2 is a magnitude of a peak to the left of the dominant peak in the correlation burst waveform; P.R2 is a magnitude of a peak to the right of the dominant peak in the correlation burst waveform; Avg. is the average intensity of the waveform through the centerline of the correlation burst waveform measured in the Y-Axis; and P.C. is the magnitude of the dominant peak in the correlation burst waveform; and using the dominant peak or dominant valley to determine a magnitude of the first gap that the dominant peak or dominant valley represents. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A linear array signal processor (LASP) comprising:
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an interferometric sensor having a first gap; an interferometric correlation element having a second gap comprised of a dispersive material, said correlation element placed in series with said first sensor; a CCD array attached to said correlation element to read out a correlation pattern; means for identifying and collecting data on a correlation burst waveform having a plurality of features including peaks and valleys from the cross-correlation of said sensor and said correlation element wherein the shape of the burst waveform evolves across the range of first gaps as the first gap changes; means for computing a peak margin for the correlation burst waveform, where the peak margin is a ratio of the magnitude of the second largest magnitude peak to magnitude of the dominant peak subtracted from 100%; means for tracking said features across an entire range of first gaps and determining the dominant peak or dominant valley; and means for calculating the magnitude of the first gap represented by the dominant peak. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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