Laser heterodyne system
Patent
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OSTI ID:7347747
A laser heterodyne system is disclosed wherein received reflections of a beam of coherent light are amplified in a laser. The amplified reflections are heterodyned with the light produced by the laser and the resulting beat frequency is detected using a photodetector. A controller, responsive to the beat frequency, controls, in one case, the frequency of a transmitting laser, and hence the frequency of the received light, and, in another case, the frequency of the light produced by the amplifying laser so that, in either case, the difference between the frequency of the received light and the frequency of the light produced by the amplifying laser is adjusted to maximize the amplification of the received light by the amplifying laser prior to detection by the photodetector.
- Assignee:
- Raytheon Co.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3950100
- OSTI ID:
- 7347747
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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