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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);

Inventor:

Joshua K. Lentz, Niceville, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/10 (2013.01); G02B 1/005 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method include an optical steering system including a holder with a plurality of apertures; a photonic crystal mounted in each of the plurality of apertures; a light source to direct a path of light through the photonic crystal; a motion controller to control movement of the holder to sequentially insert each photonic crystal of the plurality of apertures into the path of light; and a sensor to detect optical energy arriving from each direction of the path of light passing through each photonic crystal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lentz, Joshua. (2021). Photonic crystal-based optical steering (U.S. Patent No. 11143860). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11143860

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