Optics: measuring and testing – By particle light scattering – With photocell detection
Patent
1995-02-06
1997-04-15
Turner, Samuel A.
Optics: measuring and testing
By particle light scattering
With photocell detection
356353, G01B 902
Patent
active
056215258
ABSTRACT:
Meters detect power parameter information about laser beams using liquid crystals to propagate the beam therethrough with photodiode detectors. The power parameters include intensity in watts per square meter, beam waist size, and the location of the focal spot based in light induced orientational phenomena in the liquid crystal. The detectors can can count the number of interference fringe rings produced by a laser beam passing through the liquid crystal(LC). Alternatively, the time between the occurrence of each interference fringe ring can be measured to determine the power parameters. A preferred embodiment has a standard liquid crystal oriented at approximately 45 degrees to the axis of an incoming laser beam to be measured. The beam passing through the LC can be centered through a pinhole on a planar plate causing the interference fringe rings to appear on the surface of the plate. An alternative embodiment measures intensity based on determining the voltage necessary to produce fringe ring patterns. Corresponding the fringe ring patterns to intensity values can be done manually upon visual observation and calculation or automatically by computer.
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Tabirian Nelson
Tschudi Theo
Vogeler Thomas
Zel'dovich Boris
Steinberger Brian S.
Turner Samuel A.
University of Central Florida
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