Mobile system incorporating flexible and tunable anti-reflective skin and method of use
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing one or more optical performance parameters of an optical receiving device, comprising:
- measuring a value of electromagnetic radiation of a given optical wavelength that is transmitted to an optical receiving device through at least one antireflective (AR) layer, the AR layer being at least partially transmissive to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths, the at least one layer being substantially flexible and/or stretchable and having AR characteristics to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched; and
based on the measured value of the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the at least one AR layer, causing the AR layer to be flexed and/or stretched to thereby tune one or more AR characteristics of the AR layer to enhance one or more optical performance parameters of the optical receiving device.
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Abstract
A mobile system includes a self-supporting platform, a tunable anti-reflective (AR) skin or film disposed on and secured to the mobile platform, one or more actuators and a controller. The tunable AR skin or film includes one or more layers that are at least partially transmitting to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths. The skin or film is substantially flexible and/or stretchable and has an optical AR to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched. The actuators are able to flex and/or stretch the skin or film in response to receipt of a control signal. The controller generates the control signal based on a measured value of the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the tunable AR skin or film.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing one or more optical performance parameters of an optical receiving device, comprising:
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measuring a value of electromagnetic radiation of a given optical wavelength that is transmitted to an optical receiving device through at least one antireflective (AR) layer, the AR layer being at least partially transmissive to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths, the at least one layer being substantially flexible and/or stretchable and having AR characteristics to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched; and based on the measured value of the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the at least one AR layer, causing the AR layer to be flexed and/or stretched to thereby tune one or more AR characteristics of the AR layer to enhance one or more optical performance parameters of the optical receiving device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 28)
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9. A mobile system, comprising:
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a self-supporting platform; at least one anti-reflective (AR) layer disposed on and secured to the mobile platform, the at least one layer being at least partially transmissive to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths, the at least one layer being substantially flexible and/or stretchable and having AR characteristics to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched; one or more actuators for flexing and/or stretching the at least one AR layer in response to receipt of a control signal; and a controller for generating the control signal based on a measured value of the incident electromagnetic radiation of the given wavelength that is transmitted through the at least one AR layer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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29. A method for enhancing one or more optical performance parameters of an optical receiving device, comprising:
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measuring one or more optical performance parameters of an optical receiving device that receives an optical signal that is transmitted to the optical receiving device through at least one antireflective (AR) layer, the AR layer being at least partially transmissive to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths, the at least one layer being substantially flexible and/or stretchable and having AR characteristics to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given optical wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched; and based on measured values of the one or more optical performance parameters, causing the AR layer to be flexed and/or stretched to thereby tune one or more AR characteristics of the AR layer to enhance the one or more optical performance parameters of the optical receiving device.
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