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Patent
CA 2255170
A high contrast imaging system (10) having an adaptive focal plane (52). The system (10) includes receiver optics (32) that receive radiation (30) from both a detected target (16) and a laser beam (14) incident thereon, and a polarizing beam splitter (44) that splits the radiation into a first beam of reflected laser radiation and a second beam of radiation (46). The polarizing beam splitter (44) linearly polarizes the second beam of detected target radiation (46). A beam polarizer (48) circularly polarizes the second beam of detected target radiation (46). An adaptive focal plane or micromirror array (52) reflects the circularly polarized detected target radiation back through the beam polarizer (48) to linearly polarize the reflected, second beam of radiation (46). A detector array (56) detects the reflected, second beam of radiation (62) and outputs a signal to tracker electronics (22) in accordance with the intensity of radiation. Tracker electronics (22) adjust the reflectivity of the micromirror array (52) to ensure that the radiation incident on the detector array (56) is at or below a predetermined threshold.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Trw Inc.
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