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Title: UV laser based stand-off acoustic sensor

Abstract

A system for aerially surveying an area where a plane may have crashed in water and locating pings from the plane's black box using a laser on an aerial platform that produces laser pulses; using a launch telescope to direct the laser pulses to the water producing scattering from the laser pulses and a continuous stream of backscatter; using a receiving telescope to collect the continuous stream of backscatter; using an interferometer operatively connected to the receiving telescope to produce two outputs, wherein one output is the continuous stream of backscatter, and wherein the other output is a delayed replica of the first output; and using a data collection and analysis unit operatively connected to the interferometer to produce a measurement of the sound.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1525023
Patent Number(s):
10222253
Application Number:
15/175,423
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01H - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016-06-07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Dawson, Jay W., Allen, Graham S., Carter, Michael R., Heebner, John E., Messerly, Michael J., Pax, Paul H., and Rubenchik, Alexander M. UV laser based stand-off acoustic sensor. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Dawson, Jay W., Allen, Graham S., Carter, Michael R., Heebner, John E., Messerly, Michael J., Pax, Paul H., & Rubenchik, Alexander M. UV laser based stand-off acoustic sensor. United States.
Dawson, Jay W., Allen, Graham S., Carter, Michael R., Heebner, John E., Messerly, Michael J., Pax, Paul H., and Rubenchik, Alexander M. Tue . "UV laser based stand-off acoustic sensor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1525023.
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abstractNote = {A system for aerially surveying an area where a plane may have crashed in water and locating pings from the plane's black box using a laser on an aerial platform that produces laser pulses; using a launch telescope to direct the laser pulses to the water producing scattering from the laser pulses and a continuous stream of backscatter; using a receiving telescope to collect the continuous stream of backscatter; using an interferometer operatively connected to the receiving telescope to produce two outputs, wherein one output is the continuous stream of backscatter, and wherein the other output is a delayed replica of the first output; and using a data collection and analysis unit operatively connected to the interferometer to produce a measurement of the sound.},
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Airborne laser-acoustic mine detection system
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Laser-based method of detecting underwater sound through an ice layer
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