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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Antonio Ting, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ilya Alexeev, West Chester, PA (US);
Phillip Sprangle, Great Falls, VA (US);
Richard Hubbard, Burke, VA (US);
Glenn Rubel, Baldwin, MD (US);
Eldridge Briscoe, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Moore, Prince Frederick, MD (US);
Antonio Ting, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ilya Alexeev, West Chester, PA (US);
Phillip Sprangle, Great Falls, VA (US);
Richard Hubbard, Burke, VA (US);
Glenn Rubel, Baldwin, MD (US);
Eldridge Briscoe, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Moore, Prince Frederick, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting atmospheric contamination, the system comprising a laser operable to generate an infrared light beam comprising a longitudinal component and a transverse component, the laser remote from the atmospheric contamination, and a processor operable to process a flouresence resulting from contact between the atmospheric contamination and an ultraviolet light being generated from the longitudinal and transverse components of the infrared light of the laser, wherein the processor determines the identity of the fluorescence by comparing the fluorescence to known fluorescence.