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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Matthew Panas, Dublin, CA (US);
Phillip Harris Paul, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harris J. Hall, Yellow Springs, OH (US);
Lavern A. Starman, Dayton, OH (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an adaptive, free-space optical system. The system may have a controller and a digital micromirror (DMM) array responsive to the controller. The digital micromirror may include a plurality of independently controllable micromirror elements forming a receiver for receiving optical signals from an environmental scene. At least two of the plurality of independently controllable micromirror elements are steerable in different directions to receive optical signals emanating from two or more locations within the environmental scene. A beam steering subsystem forms a portion of the micromirror array and is in communication with the controller for receiving control signals from the controller. A detector is used to receive an incoming free space optical signal imaged by at least one of the micromirror elements.