Research/Patents/US 5917654
US 5917654Tier 3 — General Defense

COUNTER-COUNTER OPTICAL DEVICE (U)

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

Filed

Apr 13, 1984

Granted

Jun 29, 1999

Location

SPRINGFIELD VA US

Abstract

Two Fabry-Perot interference filters are used as tandum polarizers for a h-power laser beam counter measure in an optical scene. The scene radiation is directed on one polarizer; one plane of polarization of the laser beam is transmitted thereby and the other scene radiation is reflected to the other polarizer. The other polarizer transmits the other plane of polarization of the laser beam and reflects the other scene radiation to a photodetector, such as an image intensifier, infrared imager, television camera tube, or a human eye. The laser beam transmitted by the polarizers is trapped by absorbers and cannot harm the photodetector.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Mar 12, 1986

Rescinded

Feb 12, 1998

Duration

11 years, 11 months

Inventor

  • 1AUBREY J. DUNN

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