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Title: System and method for focal-plane illuminator/detector (FASID) design for improved graded index lenses

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a detector system for imaging an optical signal received by a graded index (GRIN) optical element to account for known variations in a graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. The detector system incorporates a plurality of optical detector elements configured to receive optical rays received by the GRIN optical element at specific locations on a plane of the GRIN optical element. Ray tracing software is configured to receive and map the optical rays to a plurality of additional specific locations on the plane based on the known variations in the graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. A processor uses algorithms for diagonalization of a linear system matrix to determine information on both an intensity and an angle of the received optical rays at each one of the plurality of specific locations on the plane.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1823811
Patent Number(s):
10969300
Application Number:
16/887,774
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/29/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Bude, Jeffrey Devin, and Feigenbaum, Eyal. System and method for focal-plane illuminator/detector (FASID) design for improved graded index lenses. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Bude, Jeffrey Devin, & Feigenbaum, Eyal. System and method for focal-plane illuminator/detector (FASID) design for improved graded index lenses. United States.
Bude, Jeffrey Devin, and Feigenbaum, Eyal. Tue . "System and method for focal-plane illuminator/detector (FASID) design for improved graded index lenses". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1823811.
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abstractNote = {The present disclosure relates to a detector system for imaging an optical signal received by a graded index (GRIN) optical element to account for known variations in a graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. The detector system incorporates a plurality of optical detector elements configured to receive optical rays received by the GRIN optical element at specific locations on a plane of the GRIN optical element. Ray tracing software is configured to receive and map the optical rays to a plurality of additional specific locations on the plane based on the known variations in the graded index distribution of the GRIN optical element. A processor uses algorithms for diagonalization of a linear system matrix to determine information on both an intensity and an angle of the received optical rays at each one of the plurality of specific locations on the plane.},
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