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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2024
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, San Diego, CA (US);
Kyle Robert Drexler, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An atmospheric distortion compensator for a free space optical beam comprising: a disc that is rotationally balanced about a center point and that comprises a phase-modifying structure; an optical beam source configured to generate a free space optical beam that propagates through the disc and then through turbulence in open air to a point in space where reducing scintillation is desired, wherein the point in space is separated from the disc only by the open air; and a rotator mechanically coupled to the disc's center point and configured to spin the disc about an axis parallel to the free space optical beam, wherein the disc, when spinning, is configured to control a property of the free space optical beam thereby reducing scintillation effects as experienced at the point in space, which effects are caused by propagation of the free space optical beam through the open air.