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Remote laser assisted biological aerosol standoff detection in atmosphere

US7700929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

Antonio C. Ting · Silver Spring, US
Ilya Alexeev · West Chester, US
Phillip A. Sprangle · Great Falls, US
Richard F. Hubbard · Burke, US
Glenn Rubel · Baldwin, US
Eldridge Briscoe · San Diego, US
Christopher I. Moore · Central Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 19, 2009
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2021/6423
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for detecting atmospheric contamination, the system comprising a laser operable to generate an infrared light beam comprising a longitudinal component and a transverse component, the laser remote from the atmospheric contamination, and a processor operable to process a flouresence resulting from contact between the atmospheric contamination and an ultraviolet light being generated from the longitudinal and transverse components of the infrared light of the laser, wherein the processor determines the identity of the fluorescence by comparing the fluorescence to known fluorescence.

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