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Physical Measurement Laboratory / Applied Physics Division

Sources and Detectors Group

Patents

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Commercial Fiber Optic FC-Style Connector (does not depict the invention).

Fiber Optic Safety Lock

NIST Inventors
Joshua Hadler
The patent-pending NIST Fiber Optic Safety Lock (“Safety Lock”) ensures continuous connection of fiber optic cables, thereby preventing laser hazards and critical system failures. The device features a specially designed fiber connector lock that requires a tool to access the connector. The Safety
Diagram showing the circuit for resetting the Spectral Power Distribution (SPD) after the Light Emitting Diode (LED) has emitted a photonic pulse.

Superconducting Opto-Electronic Transmitter Circuit

NIST Inventors
Sonia Buckley , Adam McCaughan and Jeff Shainline
This invention describes a family of circuits that receive an input current or voltage pulse when a superconducting element has been driven above threshold, producing an amplified current or voltage pulse to drive a light source, and reset to the resting state after light has been generated.
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