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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Henrique Schmitt, Greenbelt, MD (US);
David Mozurkewich, Seabrook, MD (US);
John Thomas Armstrong, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Sergio R. Restaino, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An interferometry system including a first telescope for simultaneously receiving a first optical/infrared signal and a first radio signal from a target; a second telescope configured to simultaneously receive a second optical/infrared signal and a second radio signal from the target; a first beam splitter communicatively connected to the first telescope, where the first beam splitter is configured to separate the first optical/infrared signal from the first radio signal; a second beam splitter communicatively connected to the second telescope, where the second beam splitter is configured to separate the second optical/infrared signal from the second radio; and a first optical/infrared interferometer configured to detect an interferometry image of the target using the first and second optical/infrared and radio signals.