Laser light beam homogenizer and imaging lidar system incorporating same

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PATENT NO 5335070
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08096923

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A new and improved laser light beam homogenizer for transforming a laser beam with spatially inhomogeneous intensity into a beam with a more nearly spatially uniform intensity pattern is presented. The light beam is diverged by a lens and presented to an integrator. The integrator transforms the beam into a beam with a more uniform illumination. The uniform illumination beam is then impinged on control optics to limit the divergence of the uniform beam and control higher order distortion in the system. This beam may then be illuminated at a predetermined distance by a projecting optic lens. The laser light beam homogenizer of this invention is particularly well suited for use in an imaging lidar system.

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KAMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATIONBLOOMFIELD CONNECTICUT 06002

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pflibsen, Kent P Tucson, AZ 21 571
Stuppi, Albert N Tucson, AZ 15 305

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