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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Mostafa A. Karam, Moorpark, CA (US);
Charles H. Volk, Newbury Park, CA (US);
A. Douglas Meyer, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Mostafa A. Karam, Moorpark, CA (US);
Charles H. Volk, Newbury Park, CA (US);
A. Douglas Meyer, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention includes a system for measuring at least one thermal property of a material. The system includes a thermal source configured to generate an incident thermal wave that propagates through a medium and is provided onto the material at an incident angle. The system also includes a thermal detector that is configured to receive a reflected thermal wave corresponding to the incident thermal wave reflected from the material at a reflection angle that is approximately equal to the incident angle. The system further includes a controller configured to control a magnitude of the incident angle to ascertain a thermal Brewster angle of the material and to calculate the at least one thermal property of the material based on the thermal Brewster angle.