Infrared fiber imager
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a bundle of a plurality of chalcogenide glass fibers arranged in a geometrical configuration, a detector comprising a plurality of pixels and an optical system between said bundle and said detector for transmitting light from said bundle to said detector, maximum size of said fibers is about the same as that of the pixels.
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing spatial and spectral analysis comprising a bundle of a plurality of chalcogenide glass fiber, an optical system for transmitting light received from the bundle, and a detector for receiving the light signal from the optical system for providing spatial and spectral analysis of the bundle image; maximum diameter of the fibers is about the size of the pixels on the detector.
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20 Claims
- 1. An apparatus comprising a bundle of a plurality of chalcogenide glass fibers arranged in a geometrical configuration, a detector comprising a plurality of pixels and an optical system between said bundle and said detector for transmitting light from said bundle to said detector, maximum size of said fibers is about the same as that of the pixels.
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11. An apparatus comprising a bundle of a plurality of chalcogenide glass fibers, a detector comprising a plurality of pixels, a collimating lens for receiving light from said bundle, a bandpass filter for receiving light from said collimating lens, a focusing lens for receiving light from said bandpass filter, and a detector for receiving light form said focusing lens;
- said pixels are about 30×
30 microns with a gap of about 3 microns arranged in a square geometrical pack and maximum size of said fibers is about the same as that of a pixel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 18)
- said pixels are about 30×
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15. The apparatus of 13 wherein diameter of said fibers is about 1-33 microns and said fibers in said bundle are disposed in a geometrical pack selected from the. group consisting of square pack, hexagonal pack, and mixtures thereof.
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17. The apparatus of 13 wherein diameter of said fibers in said bundle are disposed in a square geometrical shape, assuming pixels on said detector are about 30 microns×
- 30 microns with a gap of about 3 microns between the pixels.
- 19. The apparatus of 18 including multiple bundles coupled to one detector.
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