Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proximity focus imaging interferometer
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Application No.: US14947238Application Date: 2015-11-20
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Publication No.: US09857223B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Randall W. Zywicki , David C. Mann , Andre D. Cropper
- Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Main IPC: G01J3/26
- IPC: G01J3/26 ; B81B7/00 ; G01J3/28

Abstract:
An interferometer system comprising an optical detector including a substrate and a two-dimensional array of pixels disposed on the substrate is provided. The interferometer system may further comprise an interferometer disposed proximate the optical detector without an optical element between the interferometer and the optical detector. The interferometer may include a first plate positioned proximate the substrate and extending over the two-dimensional array of pixels, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, the first and second plates defining an optical gap between them, and at least one actuatable spacer positioned between the first plate and the second plate and configured to space apart the first and second plates from one another and to selectively alter a thickness of the optical gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170146400A1 PROXIMITY FOCUS IMAGING INTERFEROMETER Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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