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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Edward Max Flowers, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Loral Vought Systems Corporation, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Abstract
An optical system transmits a first radiation beam along a first axis and receives a reflected beam along that axis; the first beam having a first wavelength and a p-planar polarization; the second beam having the first wavelength, a p-planar polarized component, an s-planar polarized component, and a greater cross-sectional area than the first beam. The system includes a transmit/reflect mirror positioned at a 45.degree. to the first axis and free of apertures in its optical area, a radiation source, an element for directing radiation from the source along the first axis toward the mirror; an element for directing radiation outwardly from the mirror along the first axis, and for directing the second beam along the first axis toward the mirror. An antireflection coating on the primary side of the mirror passes radiation having the first wavelength and a p-planar polarization. An inner area of a coating on the secondary side of the mirror passes substantially all of the p-planar polarization radiation while reflecting s-planar polarization radiation. An outer area of the secondary coating reflects substantially all radiation incident thereon having the first wavelength.