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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1980
Bruce D Geelhood, La Mesa, CA (US);
Gary F Mastny, San Diego, CA (US);
Jerry E Solomon, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward J Wesley, San Diego, CA (US);
Elek Lindner, San Diego, CA (US);
Carol A Dooley, San Diego, CA (US);
Sandra M Lane, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A device for monitoring low levels of light emission in a selected underwr environment is provided with a photodetector having a light sensitive surface oriented into the environment, the photodetector generating electrical signals which are representative of light impinging upon the light sensitive surface. A window is positioned between the light sensitive surface and the underwater environment to protect the photodetector from the underwater environment, and a first material is positioned between the window and the underwater environment to prevent biological growth upon the window. A second material is placed in cooperative relationship with the first material to shift the wavelengths of certain light photons occurring in the underwater environment from a first wavelength range to a second wavelength range, in order to increase the attenuation lengths of the photons before they pass through the window.