Laser heterodyne system for detecting light energy including hybrid mode dielectric waveguide
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1. AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LIGHT ENERGY HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREQUENCY COMPONENT AND ADVANCING ALONG A PROPAGATION PATH, COMPRISING MEANS FOR CREATING AND DIERECTING ALONG SAID PATH LIGHT ENERGY HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREQUENCY COMPONENT DIFFERING IN FREQUENCY FROM THAT OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED FREQUENCY COMPONENT, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LIGHT ENERGIES BEING MONOCHROMATIC;
- MEANS, INCLUDING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE POSITIONED IN SAID PATH AND DIMENSIONED AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT PROPAGATION IN AT LEAST ONE WAVE-ENERGY PROPAGATION ANODE OF LIGHT ENERGY HAVING SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AND SECOND-MENTIONED FREQUENCY COMPONENTS, FOR RECEIVING AND PROPAGAING IN SAID ONE MODE BOTH SAID LIGHT ENERGIES IN SAID PATH TO PROVIDE THEREFROM LIGHT ENERGIES EXISTING FROM SAID WAVEGUIDE IN A COMMON MODE WITH MUTUALLY PARALLEL PLANE WAVEFRONTS;
AND MEANS HAVING A NON-LINEAR LIGHT-ENERGY DETECTION CHARAC-
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1. AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LIGHT ENERGY HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREQUENCY COMPONENT AND ADVANCING ALONG A PROPAGATION PATH, COMPRISING MEANS FOR CREATING AND DIERECTING ALONG SAID PATH LIGHT ENERGY HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREQUENCY COMPONENT DIFFERING IN FREQUENCY FROM THAT OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED FREQUENCY COMPONENT, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LIGHT ENERGIES BEING MONOCHROMATIC;
- MEANS, INCLUDING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE POSITIONED IN SAID PATH AND DIMENSIONED AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT PROPAGATION IN AT LEAST ONE WAVE-ENERGY PROPAGATION ANODE OF LIGHT ENERGY HAVING SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AND SECOND-MENTIONED FREQUENCY COMPONENTS, FOR RECEIVING AND PROPAGAING IN SAID ONE MODE BOTH SAID LIGHT ENERGIES IN SAID PATH TO PROVIDE THEREFROM LIGHT ENERGIES EXISTING FROM SAID WAVEGUIDE IN A COMMON MODE WITH MUTUALLY PARALLEL PLANE WAVEFRONTS;
AND MEANS HAVING A NON-LINEAR LIGHT-ENERGY DETECTION CHARAC-
- MEANS, INCLUDING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE POSITIONED IN SAID PATH AND DIMENSIONED AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT PROPAGATION IN AT LEAST ONE WAVE-ENERGY PROPAGATION ANODE OF LIGHT ENERGY HAVING SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AND SECOND-MENTIONED FREQUENCY COMPONENTS, FOR RECEIVING AND PROPAGAING IN SAID ONE MODE BOTH SAID LIGHT ENERGIES IN SAID PATH TO PROVIDE THEREFROM LIGHT ENERGIES EXISTING FROM SAID WAVEGUIDE IN A COMMON MODE WITH MUTUALLY PARALLEL PLANE WAVEFRONTS;
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