Apparatus and method for directing a light beam to a target
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsOleg M. Efimov, Stanislav I. Ionov
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Abstract
An apparatus for directing light beams onto a target comprising a beam splitter for splitting a main beam into a first split beam and a second split beam; a first beam path for the first split beam, the first beam path including a first aperture, a first lens and a second lens; a second beam path for the second split beam, the second beam path including a second aperture, a third lens and a fourth lens; a plurality of mirrors arranged such that the first split beam and the second split beam intersect at the target. An apparatus can also include means for placing a target in the image plane of a first aperture and a second aperture.
Claims17
An apparatus for directing light beams onto a target comprising:
- a beam splitter for splitting a main beam into a first split beam and a second split beam;
- a first beam path for the first split beam, the first beam path including a first aperture, a first lens and a second lens;
- a second beam path for the second split beam, the second beam pat including a second aperture, a third lens and a fourth lens;
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- a plurality of mirrors arranged such that the first split beam and the second split beam intersed at the target.
An apparatus for direct light beams onto a target comprising:
- means for generating a beam of light;
- means for splitting the beam of light into a first split beam of light and a second split beam of light;
- means for expanding the first split beam of light;
- means for expanding the second split beam of light;
- means for directing the first split beam of light and the second split beam of light at a target such that the first split beam of light and the second split beam of light intersect at a first angle;
- and
- means for placing a target in the image plane of a first aperture and a second aperture.
A method of directing light beams onto a target comprising the steps of:
- generating a beam of light;
- splitting the beam of light into a first split beam of light and a second split beam of light;
- directing the first split beam through a first aperture;
- expanding the first split beam of light in a first telescope;
- directing the second split beam through a second aperture;
- expanding the second split beam of light in a second telescope;
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- directing the first split beam of light and the second split beam of light at a target such that the first split beam of light and the second split beam of light intersect at a first angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.