Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Patent
1982-11-05
1986-02-25
Buczinski, S. C.
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
356152, A01C 308, G01B 1126
Patent
active
045726620
ABSTRACT:
An optical radar operating in the infrared region of the spectrum and adad to efficiently detect elongated targets such as wires. The pulsed transmitter is preferably passively Q-switched and produces optical pulses polarized in one direction. A CW local oscillator laser is locked to a frequency slightly offset from the transmitter frequency. A Brewster angle duplexer and a quarter wave plate in the transmit/receive path of the radar permit the transmitter flux to pass to a scanner and direct the orthogonally polarized echo signals to the heterodyne receiver which includes a display or alarm circuit. The transmitter and local oscillator lasers include frequency control circuits. Either wedge or ball joint type scanners may be used to scan the radar beam over a target area of interest.
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Buczinski S. C.
Issing Gregory C.
Lane Anthony T.
Maikis Robert A.
Murray Jeremiah G.
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