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US 3,939,479 AGranted
Wavefront flattener
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorCharles M. Redman
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Abstract
A wavefront flattener comprising an input surface, an output surface paral to said input surface, said input surface and said output surface comprising concentric rings of dielectric material, said concentric rings having a high dielectric constant at the center thereof dropping to a low dielectric constant at the outermost rings whereby electromagnetic radiation is crowded into the center of said input and output surfaces to cause a flattening of a curved electromagnetic radiation wavefront.
Claims1
A wavefront flattener comprising:
- an input surface,
- an output surface parallel to said input surface,
- said input surface and said output surface being dish shaped,
- said input surface and said output surface comprising concentric rings of dielectric material,
- said concentric rings having a high dielectric constant at the center thereof dropping to a low dielectric constant at the outermost rings, a reflective backing mounted on said output surface
- whereby electromagnetic radiation is crowded into the center of said input and output surfaces to cause a flattening of a curved electromagnetic radiation wavefront.
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