Surface and sub-surface wave front management
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorPhilip Stephen Dunlap
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are present for managing a transmission of photons. The number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid are identified using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters. The photons are transmitted in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons.
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A method for managing a transmission of photons, the method comprising:
- identifying a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters;
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- transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, transmitting further including changing the number of characteristics of the liquid along a path for the beam using the number of selected parameters, and transmitting the beam along the path.
A method for managing a transmission of optical signals, the method comprising:
- identifying a first number of characteristics for a first medium;
- identifying a second number of characteristics for a second medium;
- identifying a third number of characteristics for a transition between the first medium and the second medium;
- identifying a location of a target in the second medium;
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- generating an optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with a number of desired properties at the target.
An apparatus comprising:
- a photon generation system configured to generate photons;
- a wave front management system configured to control a number of properties of the photons generated by the photon generation system, wherein the photon generation system is associated with the wave front management system;
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- a sensor capable of detecting a number of characteristics of a number of mediums through which the photons in the beam travel.
A method for managing a transmission of photons, the method comprising:
- identifying a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a medium using a number of characteristics of the medium to form a number of selected parameters;
- and
- transmitting the photons in the medium as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters, transmitting further including changing the number of characteristics of the medium along a path for the beam using the number of selected parameters, and transmitting the beam along the path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.