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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Gary A. Frazier, McKinney, TX (US);
John J. Coogan, Sterling, VA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A real-time ablation sensor uses an optical detector, such as a spectrometer or radiometer, to detect ablation of a material, for example by detecting a signal indicative of ablation of the material, which may be an engineered material. The optical detector may detect reflected light, either from the material being ablated, or from products of the ablation, such as in the vicinity of the material being ablated. A light source may be used to provide light that is reflected by the material and/or the ablation products, with the reflected light received by the detector. The light may be of a selected wavelength or wavelengths, with the selection made in combination with the selection/configuration of the material to be ablated, and/or the selection/configuration of the optical detector.