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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brenda L Matkin, Lacey's Spring, AL (US);
Ralph H Halladay, Huntsville, AL (US);
Susan D Terrill, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359283 ; 359252 ; 359589 ; 385 16 ; 385 37 ; 356352 ; 356445 ;
Abstract
A wideband quasi-optical millimeter-wave resonator achieves a wideband frency operation by using a variable dielectric constant photoconducting lens in a Fabry-Perot resonator. Changing the dielectric constant of the lens creates an associated change in the resonant frequency for a given axial mode.