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Laser radar scanning system

  • US 5,200,606 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1991
  • Issued: 04/06/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for splitting reflected light from transmitted light, comprising:

  • an optical system operable to transmit a first, diverging beam of light along a first axis and to receive a second, reflected beam coaxial with the first beam, the second beam having greater cross-sectional area than the first beam, said optical system includinga splitter mirror lying in a plane at an angle to the first axial and having an off-center aperture coaxial with the first beam, the aperture being smaller in area than the second beam, and the mirror being sized to reflect a substantial portion of the second beam.

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