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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Matthew A. Drago, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jerald A. Hull, Tijeras, NM (US);
Theodore I. Kreifels, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Joseph N. Paranto, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Matthew A. Drago, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jerald A. Hull, Tijeras, NM (US);
Theodore I. Kreifels, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Joseph N. Paranto, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for steering energy over a wide field of view is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a beam steering system for directing a first beam from an optical source across an image plane and a WFOV optical system having the image plane, the WFOV optical system mapping the directed first beam incident on the image plane with a second beam extending angularly across the field of view. The method comprises the steps of directing a first beam from a optical source onto an image plane, optically mapping the directed first beam incident on the image plane with a second beam extending angularly across a field of view, and steering the first beam across the image plane.