NASA NTRS · 19940012881
Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) AN/PAS-13 diffractive optics designed for producibility
Abstract
The Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) program is a manportable 3-5 micrometer forward-looking-infrared (FLIR) rifle sight. The manportable nature requires that the optics modules be lightweight, low cost and compact while maximizing performance. These objectives were met with diffractive optics. TWS promises to be the first FLIR sensor to incorporate kinoform surfaces in full scale production.
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Anderson, J. Steven, Chen, Chungte W., Spande, Robert A.. 1993-08-01. Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) AN/PAS-13 diffractive optics designed for producibility. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19940012881
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