Abstract: A method of accounting for signal noise in a hybrid laser system is described. The hybrid laser system includes a high reflectivity mirror, a nitrogen-vacancy center diamond, a microwave antenna, a dichroic mirror, a half-vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a birefringent filter, an etalon, an output coupler, and a photodiode. The method includes: measuring a shift in a left-hand side frequency as related to an optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) frequency peak of an ODMR signal; measuring a shift in a right-hand side frequency as related to the ODMR frequency peak; normalizing the shift in the left-hand side frequency; normalizing the shift in the right-hand side frequency; and comparing the shift in the left-hand side frequency to the shift in the right-hand side frequency to determine a technical noise associated with the ODMR signal.

Abstract: A method is provided for measuring and controlling a cumulative physical property, such as the thickness, of a tubular blown film, wherein the tubular blown film is being extruded from a ring-shaped extruder having a plurality of film physical property controllers disposed around the ring-shaped extruder. Where the physical property is thickness, the method includes the steps of (1) collapsing the tubular film to create a two-ply web and slowly rotating the film while taking a plurality of thickness measurements across the two-play web at various sections of the film, (2) calculating initial estimates of the thickness of each section using a first algorithm, (3) refining the initial estimates of the thicknesses of each section by successive iterations using a second algorithm, and (4) optionally adjusting at least one film physical property controller to control the final estimate of the thicknesses of each longitudinal section.

Abstract: A method is provided for measuring and controlling a cumulative physical property, such as the thickness, of a tubular blown film, wherein the tubular blown film is being extruded from a ring-shaped extruder having a plurality of film physical property controllers disposed around the ring-shaped extruder. Where the physical property is thickness, the method includes the steps of (1) collapsing the tubular film to create a two-ply web and slowly rotating the film while taking a plurality of thickness measurements across the two-play web at various sections of the film, (2) calculating initial estimates of the thickness of each section using a first algorithm, (3) refining the initial estimates of the thicknesses of each section by successive iterations using a second algorithm, and (4) optionally adjusting at least one film physical property controller to control the final estimate of the thicknesses of each longitudinal section.