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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
May. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shi-Kay Yao, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350358 ;
Abstract
An optical system including a radio frequency signal input; a chirp signal input; a source for emitting a beam of radiation; an acousto-optical modulator disposed in the path of the beam and functioning to modulate the beam with the radio frequency signal and the chirp signal to produce a modulated beam; and a single detector disposed in the path of the third modulated beam. The inventor further provides electronic alignment and focusing by changing the chirp frequency.