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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Nathan Mintz, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Mark Skidmore, Long Beach, CA (US);
Kalin Spariosu, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Nathan Mintz, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Mark Skidmore, Long Beach, CA (US);
Kalin Spariosu, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a countermeasure system for protecting an asset from a missile attack includes a decoy comprising a plurality of quantum dots selected to emit radiation having a radiation emission profile similar to a profile of a radiation signature of the asset. In another embodiment, a method of simulating a radiation signature of an asset using quantum dots includes dispersing quantum dots to form a cloud of quantum dots; and exciting the quantum dots with a first radiation so that the quantum dots emit a second radiation having a profile similar to the radiation signature profile of the asset.