Quantum dot lightning detection and warning system and method
AssigneeConsolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
InventorFarhod BAHRITDINOV
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Abstract
A quantum dot (QD) lightning detection and warning (LDW) system and method. This LDW system and method find broader applicability to spark and other transient optical event detection as well. The QDs are operable for receiving ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), visible, x-ray, and/or gamma ray radiation emanating from lightning or the like and generating visible radiation that may be detected and utilized to generate topological event information, such that property, human life, and the like may be safeguarded.
Claims21
A system operable for detecting a transient radiation emission event, comprising:
- a plurality of sensor devices, wherein each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises one or more quantum dot devices operable for receiving incident radiation from the transient radiation event and generating visible photoluminescence radiation and one or more photodetector devices optically coupled to the one or more quantum dot devices operable for detecting the visible photoluminescence radiation from the one or more quantum dot devices and generating one or more output signals;
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- a communications link operable for transmitting output signals from the plurality of sensor devices to a central aggregation processor operable for determining a direction, location, and time of the transient radiation emission event using the output signals;
- wherein the plurality of sensors are geographically dispersed.
A method for detecting a transient radiation emission event, comprising:
- providing a plurality of sensor devices, wherein each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises one or more quantum dot devices operable for receiving incident radiation from the transient radiation event and generating visible photoluminescence radiation and one or more photodetector devices optically coupled to the one or more quantum dot devices operable for detecting the visible photoluminescence radiation from the one or more quantum dot devices and generating one or more output signals;
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- providing a communications link operable for transmitting output signals from the plurality of sensor devices to a central aggregation processor operable for determining a direction, location, and time of the transient radiation emission event using the output signals;
- wherein the plurality of sensors are geographically dispersed.
A sensor device operable for detecting a transient radiation emission event, comprising:
- one or more quantum dot devices operable for receiving incident radiation from the transient radiation event and generating visible photoluminescence radiation;
- one or more photodetector devices optically coupled to the one or more quantum dot devices operable for detecting the visible photoluminescence radiation from the one or more quantum dot devices and generating one or more output signals;
- signal amplification and transformation hardware coupled to the one or more photodetector devices operable for amplifying and transforming the one or more output signals generated by the one or more photodetector devices;
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- a communications link operable for transmitting an output signal from the sensor device to a central aggregation processor operable for determining a direction, location, and time of the transient radiation emission event using the output signal.
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