Title:
VERY FAST TIME RESOLVED IMAGING IN MULTIPARAMETER MEASUREMENT SPACE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001081949
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Plural electronic or optical images are provided in a streak optical system, as for instance by use of plural slits instead of the conventional single slit, to obtain a third, fourth, etc. dimension - rather than only the conventional two, namely range or time and azimuth. Such additional dimension or dimensions are thereby incorporated into the optical information that is to be streaked and thereby time resolved. The added dimensions may take any of an extremely broad range of forms, including wavelength, polarization state, or one or more spatial dimensions - or indeed virtually any optical parameter that can be impressed upon a probe beam. Resulting capabilities remarkably include several new forms of lidar spectroscopy, fluorescence analysis, polarimetry, spectropolarimetry, and combinations of these, as well as a gigahertz wavefront sensor.
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Inventors:
GLECKLER ANTHONY D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/013489
Publication Date:
August 29, 2002
Filing Date:
April 26, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ARETE ASSOCIATES (US)
GLECKLER ANTHONY D (US)
GLECKLER ANTHONY D (US)
International Classes:
G01J3/02; G01J3/04; G01J3/28; G01J3/36; G01J3/447; G01J4/00; G01J9/00; G01J11/00; G01N21/21; G01N21/31; G01N21/64; G01S7/481; G01S17/89; G04F13/02; (IPC1-7): G01S17/89
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997018487A1 | 1997-05-22 |
Foreign References:
| US5936720A | 1999-08-10 | |||
| GB2231958A | 1990-11-28 |
Other References:
MCLEAN J W: "High-resolution 3D underwater imaging", AIRBORNE AND IN-WATER UNDERWATER IMAGING, DENVER, CO, USA, 21-22 JULY 1999, vol. 3761, Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1999, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng, USA, pages 10 - 19, XP008001379, ISSN: 0277-786X
MCLEAN J W ET AL: "Streak-tube lidar allows 3-D ocean surveillance", LASER FOCUS WORLD, JAN. 1998, PENNWELL PUBLISHING, USA, vol. 34, no. 1, pages 171 - 172, 174, 176, XP008001413, ISSN: 1043-8092
GLECKLER A D: "Multiple-slit streak tube imaging lidar (MS-STIL) applications", LASER RADAR TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS V, ORLANDO, FL, USA, 26-28 APRIL 2000, vol. 4035, Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2000, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng, USA, pages 266 - 278, XP008001327, ISSN: 0277-786X
MCLEAN J W ET AL: "Streak-tube lidar allows 3-D ocean surveillance", LASER FOCUS WORLD, JAN. 1998, PENNWELL PUBLISHING, USA, vol. 34, no. 1, pages 171 - 172, 174, 176, XP008001413, ISSN: 1043-8092
GLECKLER A D: "Multiple-slit streak tube imaging lidar (MS-STIL) applications", LASER RADAR TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS V, ORLANDO, FL, USA, 26-28 APRIL 2000, vol. 4035, Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2000, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng, USA, pages 266 - 278, XP008001327, ISSN: 0277-786X
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