Design and fabrication of efficient miniature retroreflectors for the mid-and long-wave infrared

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6940, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bernacki, Bruce E ^a   Anheier, Norman C ^a   Krishnaswami, Kannan ^a   Cannon, Bret D ^a   Binkley, K Brent ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Dyna Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass molding; Gradient index; Infrared; Retroreflector; Step index

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLADDING (COATING); COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FABRICATION; FORMING; GLASS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; LENSES; MOLDING; MULTITASKING; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; TARGET TRACKING; TECHNOLOGY; WAVES; ZINC SULFIDE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ACCEPTANCE ANGLES; CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES; CLADDING LAYERS; COLLIMATED BEAMS; DEFENSE APPLICATIONS; GRADIENT INDEX (GRIN); GRADIENT INDEX PROFILE; HIGHER INDEX; IMMERSION MEDIUM; INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES; LONG-WAVE INFRARED (LWIR); MONOSTATIC LIDAR; OPTICAL PERFORMANCES; RETRO REFLECTORS; RETRO-REFLECTORS; SPHERICAL SYMMETRY; SPHERICAL(PIVOT);

GRADIENT METHODS;

EID: 45549085923     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.771410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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