Optical: systems and elements – Miscellaneous
Patent
1998-01-29
2000-04-04
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Miscellaneous
359196, 359198, 359201, 359202, G02B 2608
Patent
active
060468688
ABSTRACT:
A translation system for directing an optical signal through predetermined oordinates of a window mounted in a soil penetration probe includes a tube having a sidewall and an aperture through said sidewall; an optically transparent window mounted in said aperture; an optical system for emitting an optical signal through said aperture; and a translation mechanism mounted within said tube. The translation mechanism may be selectively operated to translate independently and simultaneously the optical system along two orthogonal vectors so that the optical signal scans across the window. Scanning the optical signal extends the useful life of the window before its transmissibility becomes too impaired by damage caused from the optical signal.
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Martini Leonard J.
Smith Leon V.
Theriault Gregory A.
Fendelman Harvey
Kagan Michael A.
Lipovsky Peter A.
Phan James
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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