OPTICAL POWER LIMITER UTILIZING NONLINEAR REFRACTION
Assignee
US Government
Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Filed
Nov 1, 1988
Granted
Nov 16, 1999
Location
FAIRFAX VA US
Abstract
A power limiter is provided consisting of two cells of optically transparent material having a low index of refraction, but a large third order susceptibility to electric polarization. The input cell has a positive susceptibility which self-focuses intense radiation beams (i.e., laser beams) and the output cell has a negative susceptibility which scatters the even more intense self-focused beam by self-defocussing.
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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Jun 14, 1989
Rescinded
May 27, 1999
Duration
9 years, 11 months
Inventor
- 1GARY L. WOOD
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5986828
- Application
- 07268461
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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