Tapered optical fiber telescope, tracking system apparatus and method
incorporating tapered optical fiber telescopes
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    发明授权
    Tapered optical fiber telescope, tracking system apparatus and method incorporating tapered optical fiber telescopes 失效
    锥形光纤望远镜,跟踪系统装置和方法结合锥形光纤望远镜

    公开(公告)号:US4923276A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-08

    申请号:US309675

    申请日:1989-02-13

    申请人: James A. Wells

    发明人: James A. Wells

    IPC分类号: G02B6/06 G02B23/26

    CPC分类号: G02B23/26 G02B6/06 Y10S359/90

    摘要: An optical fiber telescope is disclosed as including an optical train having a plurality of tapered optical fibers arranged in a plurality of cascading stages. A collecting stage provides the aperture for the telescope and has an output for transmitting light to a terminal stage located downstream of the collecting stage. The input of the terminal stage is optically coupled to the output of the collecting stage and provides the optical output for the telescope according to the invention. Further disclosed is a telescope-based tracking system incorporating tapered optical fiber telescopes in accordance with the present invention. Output light from each telescope of the system is received by a detecting device which generates a signal representative of information contained in the received light. This signal is applied to a determining device which, for example, determines the position of the object.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种光纤望远镜,其包括具有布置在多个级联级中的多个锥形光纤的光学系列。 收集台为望远镜提供孔径,并且具有用于将光传送到位于收集台下游的终端台的输出。 终端级的输入光学地耦合到收集级的输出,并提供根据本发明的望远镜的光学输出。 还公开了一种基于望远镜的跟踪系统,其包括根据本发明的锥形光纤望远镜。 来自系统的每个望远镜的输出光由检测装置接收,该检测装置产生代表包含在接收光中的信息的信号。 该信号被应用于例如确定对象的位置的确定装置。