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Extendable large aperture phased array mirror system

US4825062A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1987
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/58
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An extendable large aperture phased array mirror system includes a plurality of mirror segments cooperatively configured to receive an incoming electromagnetic beam. In response to signals from a sensor indicative of wavefront distortion in the beam, a control apparatus displaces a plurality of segment actuators to configure the mirror segments to generate an outgoing conjugate phase electromagnetic beam.

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