Optic probe for multiple angle image capture and optional stereo imaging
A probe including a multiple lens array is disclosed to measure velocity distribution of a moving surface along many lines of sight. Laser light, directed to the moving surface is reflected back from the surface and is Doppler shifted, collected into the array, and then directed to detection equipment through optic fibers. The received light is mixed with reference laser light and using photonic Doppler velocimetry, a continuous time record of the surface movement is obtained. An array of single-mode optical fibers provides an optic signal to the multiple lens array. Numerous fibers in a fiber array project numerous rays to establish many measurement points at numerous different locations. One or more lens groups may be replaced with imaging lenses so a stereo image of the moving surface can be recorded. Imaging a portion of the surface during initial travel can determine whether the surface is breaking up.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25946
- Assignee:
- National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, NV)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,507,024
- Application Number:
- 14/822,676
- OSTI ID:
- 1333730
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2015 Aug 10
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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