发明名称 Optical system
摘要 Method/system locate external articles using source, detector (PSD), entrance aperture, and magnifying/reducing afocal element—expanding FOR>90°, or refining precision. Between (1) source or detector and (2) aperture, at least one plural-axis-rotatable mirror addresses source/detector throughout FOR. ½- to 15-centimeter mirror enables ˜25 to ˜45 μradian beam divergence. Aperture, afocal element, and mirror(s) define source-detector path. Mirror(s) rotate in refractory- (or air/magnetic-) bearing mount; or mirror array. Auxiliary optics illuminate mirror back, monitoring return to measure (null-balance feedback) angle. To optimize imaging, auxiliary radiation propagates via splitters toward array (paralleling measurement paths), then focusing on imaging detector. Focal quality is developed as a PSF, optimized vs. angle; stored results later recover optima. Mirror drive uses magnet(s) on mirror(s). “Piston” motion yields in-phase wavefronts, so array dimensions set diffraction limit. Also: destructive reply; scaling optimizes acceleration vs. thickness; passive systems.
申请公布号 US8203702(B1) 申请公布日期 2012.06.19
申请号 US20080287861 申请日期 2008.10.14
申请人 KANE DAVID M.;HILLMAN KELLY;HORNBERG CHRISTOPHER;HUNT JOHN;PAUL ANDREW E.;ARETE ASSOCIATES 发明人 KANE DAVID M.;HILLMAN KELLY;HORNBERG CHRISTOPHER;HUNT JOHN;PAUL ANDREW E.
分类号 G01B11/26;G01C1/00 主分类号 G01B11/26
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