INFRARED DETECTOR WITH INCREASED IMAGE RESOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20180160056A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-07

    申请号:US15866799

    申请日:2018-01-10

    IPC分类号: H04N5/33 H04N5/349

    摘要: An apparatus for increasing the resolution of at least one portion of a cryogenically cooled and vacuum-sealed infrared imaging detector including a two-dimensional detector array having a fill factor value, the portion of the array successively exposed to an image scene to acquire multiple infrared imaging samples of the scene, a masking filter having a single pattern, disposed between the array and the image scene and operative to reduce the fill factor value of the portion of the array by a fill factor reduction amount (FFRA), an optical element disposed between the masking filter and the image scene, a directional angle shifter for shifting an angle at which the imaging samples are directed onto the portion of the array thereby successively shifting the image scene relative to the portion of the array between each of the imaging samples by a shifting increment corresponding to the FFRA and a processor.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING QUALITY CRITERIA OF A RADIATION SPOT

    公开(公告)号:US20170205498A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-20

    申请号:US15326656

    申请日:2015-07-19

    发明人: Idit PE'ER

    IPC分类号: G01S7/497 G01S7/40

    摘要: A system and method for analyzing quality criteria of a radiation spot are provided herein. The system may include: at least one controllable electromagnetic radiation source configured to generate and transmit a radiation beam onto an object, resulting in a radiation spot on said object; at least one radiation sensor configured to sense and obtain radiation reflections coming back from said object, wherein the radiation beam is generated in a way that reflections from different ranges are distinguishable of each other; and an analyzer configured to analyze said radiation reflections, and determine a remedy to the radiation beam, in a case that said radiation spot does not meet predefined spot validity criteria. The method may implement the aforementioned logic in a different architecture.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF LIGHT TOWARDS OBJECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220184732A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17686894

    申请日:2022-03-04

    IPC分类号: B23K26/03 B23K26/062

    摘要: Embodiments pertain to a system for controlling outputting of light towards objects, the system comprising a detection subsystem configured to detect, for at least one object, one or more values of object characteristics, the object characteristics comprising, at least, electromagnetic absorption characteristics, wherein detection of object characteristic values is performed such that the object remains structurally intact; a light source subsystem comprising at least one light source for generating output light and directing the output light towards an object; and a controller configured to control, based on the detected object characteristics values, at least one operational parameter value of the at least one light source such that at least some of the output light that is directed towards the object has electromagnetic characteristics that correspond to the detected values of the electromagnetic absorption characteristics of the object, in order to structurally change at least part of the respective object.

    Narrowband depolarized fiber lasers

    公开(公告)号:US10958034B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16463248

    申请日:2017-11-30

    摘要: Depolarized fiber lasers and respective methods are provided for increasing the SBS (stimulated Brillouin scattering) threshold. The laser source is constructed by a frequency-broadened seed source having a frequency bandwidth of less than 50 GHz, and the depolarization of the seed source is carried out at time scales shorter than 10 ns. At least one amplifier is configured to receive and amplify radiation from the frequency-broadened seed source and deliver the amplified radiation in the optical fiber. Depolarization may be achieved in various ways (e.g., using an interferometer with added length to one arm) and is kept at time scales shorter than tens of nanoseconds, typically shorter than 5-10 ns, which distinguish it from random polarization having polarization changes at longer time scales. Polarization maintaining fibers may be used to further increase the SBS by separating the polarizations states.

    INFRARED DETECTOR WITH INCREASED IMAGE RESOLUTION
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    INFRARED DETECTOR WITH INCREASED IMAGE RESOLUTION 有权
    具有增加图像分辨率的红外探测器

    公开(公告)号:US20140139684A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-22

    申请号:US13978054

    申请日:2013-05-05

    IPC分类号: H04N5/33

    CPC分类号: H04N5/33 H04N5/349

    摘要: Apparatus for increasing resolution of cryogenically cooled vacuum-sealed infrared imaging detector. A two-dimensional detector array of photosensitive pixels is successively exposed to an image scene, acquiring multiple imaging samples. A masking filter, disposed between the detector array and image scene focal plane, is maintained at a fixed position with respect to the detector array, and reduces the region of pixels collecting incident radiation for each imaging sample such that only a portion of each pixel area of the image scene is imaged onto the corresponding detector array pixel. Shifting means successively shifts the optical path of the image scene relative to the masking filter, by a shifting increment or fill-factor reduction amount equal to a fraction of the array pixel width, to image different sub-pixel regions in each imaging sample. A processor reconstructs an image frame having a resolution greater than the intrinsic detector resolution by the fill-factor reduction amount.

    摘要翻译: 用于提高低温真空密封红外成像检测器分辨率的装置。 感光像素的二维检测器阵列依次曝光于图像场景,获取多个成像样本。 设置在检测器阵列和图像场景焦平面之间的掩模滤波器相对于检测器阵列保持在固定位置,并且减少了针对每个成像样本采集入射辐射的像素区域,使得仅每个像素区域的一部分 的图像场景被成像到相应的检测器阵列像素上。 移位装置通过等于阵列像素宽度的一部分的移位增量或填充因子减小量,相对于掩模滤波器连续移动图像场景的光路,以对每个成像样本中的不同子像素区域进行成像。 处理器通过填充因子减少量重建具有大于固有检测器分辨率的分辨率的图像帧。

    Systems, devices and methods for optical beam combining

    公开(公告)号:US12055760B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US17433845

    申请日:2020-02-23

    IPC分类号: G02B6/293 G02B27/10 G02B27/12

    摘要: Aspects of embodiments pertain to beam combining devices for coherent and spectral beam-combining. The coherent beam combining (CBC) device may comprise a monolithic body having an input surface and an output surface. The input surface may be configured to direct a plurality of coherent entering optical beams through an optical pathway inside the monolithic body towards the output surface; and a phase mask configured for combining beams, exiting from the output surface of the monolithic body, to form a single combined output beam. The Spectral beam combining (SBC) device may include a monolithic body configured to direct the entering optical beams through a multi-diffraction optical pathway inside the monolithic body by directing the entering optical beams such as to impinge a diffractive surface thereof at least twice, for combining the entering optical beams into a single multispectral combined output optical beam. Embodiments may also include methods for cascaded beam combining, using multiple combining devices in a network configuration.