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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Inventors:

Paul R. Moffitt, Hollis, NH (US);

Peter A. Ketteridge, Amherst, NH (US);

Peter G. Schunemann, Hollis, NH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/365 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02F 1/355 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/365 (2013.01); F41H 13/005 (2013.01); G02B 6/125 (2013.01); G02B 6/29331 (2013.01); G02F 1/3544 (2013.01); G02F 1/3556 (2013.01); G02F 2001/3548 (2013.01); G02F 2202/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid state optical beam steering device and method of operation includes converting a frequency or wavelength of a signal in a non-linear converter associated with one channel just before launch. A second channel has a similar constructions and operation. A processor compares the phase difference between the two channels and uses the difference to horizontally steer a beam without moving mechanical parts. This establishes the solid-state nature of the present disclosure. The non-linear converter may be a quasi-phase matched non-linear converter with alternating crystal domains.


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