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US 4589772

PULSED REMOTE GAUGE

Assignee

Filed

May 25, 1972

Granted

May 20, 1986

Location

Abstract

A method for measuring the separation between two spaced light-reflecting rfaces by means of a single laser pulse. The reflected light is divided into two beams which are then projected at the same angle θ onto the same area on a photographic film to form interference fringes. The film is developed, placed on a translating platform, and passed through the beam of a CW laser, a portion of the beam being diffracted by the interference fringes recorded on the film. The distance χ between the high-intensity points of adjacent interference regions is measured and the separation of the two light reflecting surfaces is calculated from the formula d=χ sin θ.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jan 15, 1982

Rescinded

Nov 14, 1985

Duration

3 years, 10 months

Inventor

  • 1RAYMOND A. PATTEN

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