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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Noah Scott Higdon, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Dale Allen Richter, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Patrick Louis Ponsardin, Placitas, NM (US);
Thomas Herman Chyba, Tijeras, NM (US);
Wayne Thomas Armstrong, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Clarence Theodore Lobb, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brian Thomas Kelly, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David Michael Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert D. Babnick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Quang Duy Bui, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Waverly Dickson Marsh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for laser interrogation of surface agents moving relative to the apparatus. A receiver telescope includes a secondary reflector that may compensate for variations in distance from a target to the laser. The secondary reflector relies on a distance to target signal that may be collected at a point substantially away from the target, in the direction of relative motion, to allow a focusing mechanism time to react.