Optical: systems and elements – Signal reflector – 3-corner retroreflective
Patent
1994-12-23
1996-10-29
Dzierzynski, Paul M.
Optical: systems and elements
Signal reflector
3-corner retroreflective
359527, 359850, 342 6, 342 7, G02B 512, G02B 508, B64G 136
Patent
active
055702309
ABSTRACT:
A cube-corner retroreflector for laser telemetry corrects speed aberration .delta. and has three substantially orthogonal mirror surfaces defining three substantially orthogonal edges converging at an apex. Each edge is associated with the surface substantially orthogonal to it. The shape of each surface is at least approximately that of a portion of a cone whose axis is coincident with the associated edge. The generatrices of this portion of a cone have a non-null average generatrix slope relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the portion. The average .alpha..sub.0 of the average slopes of the surfaces at least approximately satisfies the equation:
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Aerospatiale - Societe Nationale Industrielle
Dzierzynski Paul M.
Meehan Thomas A.
Sikd-er Mohammad Y.
VanOphem John
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