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Hybrid catadioptric system for advanced optical cavity velocimetry

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OSTI ID:1419774

A probe including reflector is disclosed to measure the velocity distribution of a moving surface along many lines of sight. Laser light, directed to the surface by the probe and then reflected back from the surface, is Doppler shifted by the moving surface, collected into probe, 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 one or more lens groups and a reflector, such as a parabolic reflector having a mirrored interior surface.

Research Organization:
Nevada Test Site/National Security Technologies (NSTEC), LLC, North Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25946
Assignee:
National Security Technologies, LLC (North Las Vegas, NV)
Patent Number(s):
9,885,613
Application Number:
14/216,987
OSTI ID:
1419774
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Studies of the wind filtering effect of gravity waves observed at Allahabad (25.45°N, 81.85°E) in India journal March 2010