Interferometer position location concept Final report
Geosynchronous satellite borne interferometer system for determining meteorological balloon positions
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Geosynchronous satellite borne interferometer system for determining meteorological balloon positions
Millimeter wavelength interferometer spectrometer for geological measurements
Double beam Michelson interferometer for middle IR with moving mirrors operating in constant velocity mode, applying method to atmospheric emission spectra
Vacuum UV spectrum interferometer with grazing incidence reflections between plane parallel mirrors to obtain coherent beams, discussing fringe patterns
Tethered orbiting interferometer configurations for future Radio Astronomy Explorer satellites, discussing gravitational stabilization and delta launching into orbit as single payload
Scanning spherical mirror interferometer for carbon dioxide lasers radiation spectrum analysis, discussing instrument errors in mode and wavenumber studies
Modified laser Michelson interferometer for probing highly transient plasmas occurring behind incident shock waves in shock tubes
Water sources associated with W3, Orion Nebula, W49 and VY Canis Majoris observed with coherent interferometers having long baseline
Vacuum interferometer strain gage for absolute earth strain measurement via length change comparison with wavelength standard
Nimbus 3 satellite-borne Michelson interferometer IR spectrometer for spectrum measurement, obtaining temperature, water vapor and ozone vertical distribution
Gas laser iterative alignment of Mach-Zehnder interferometer for monochromatic and white light fringes
Michelson IR interferometer spectrometer /IRIS/ design calibration and performance onboard Nimbus 3 satellite, demonstrating data reduction and inflight calibration
Earth and atmosphere thermal emission spectra via Nimbus 4 Michelson interferometer, obtaining atmospheric temperature, humidity and ozone profiles
Thermal emission spectra of earth and atmosphere from IR Michelson interferometer onboard Nimbus 3 satellite
Fringe pattern motion is compensated by closed-loop servo system that adjusts a mirror mounted on piezoelectric crystal, so that path difference in interferometer is maintained at constant values at one point in the field. System is applicable to holography with continuous wave laser sources.
Device permitting simultaneous viewing of infrared images at different wavelengths consists of imaging lens, Michelson interferometer, array of infrared detectors, data processing equipment for Fourier transformation of detector signal, and image display unit. Invention is useful in earth resources applications, nondestructive testing, and medical diagnoses.
Phase recovery and calibration techniques for position location interferometer in synchronous orbit