Compact Acoustic Retroreflector Based on a Mirrored Luneburg
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 72, 325–337, 2007 RADAR CROSS-SECTION STUDIES OF SPHERICAL LENS REFLECTORS S. S. Vinogradov CSIRO ICT Centre PO Box 76, Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia P. D. Smith Department of Mathematics Division of ICS, Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia J. S. Kot and N. Nikolic CSIRO ICT Centre PO Box 76, Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia Abstract—The reflectivity of a Spherical Lens Reflector is investi- gated. The scattering of an electromagnetic plane wave by a Spherical Lens Reflector is treated as a classical boundary value problem for Maxwell’s equations. No restrictions are imposed on the electrical size of reflectors and the angular size of the metallic spherical cap. The competitiveness of the Spherical Lens Reflector against the Luneberg Lens Reflector is demonstrated. It has been found that Spherical Lens Reflectors with relative dielectric constant in the range 3.4 ≤ εr ≤ 3.7 possess better spectral performance than 3- or 5-layer Luneberg Lens Reflectors in a wide frequency range. 1. INTRODUCTION The Spherical Lens (SL) is a homogeneous dielectric sphere [1] which, for all dielectric constants in the range 1 ≤ εr ≤ 4, focuses paraxial rays to a point zGO outside the sphere. The distance from the centre of the lens to zGO is f, the paraxial focal length, which may be determined 326 Vinogradov et al. by Geometrical Optics, and is given in normalized form by √ f ε = √ r (1) r1 2 · ( εr − 1) where r1 is the radius of the SL. At microwave frequencies the more popular choice for the design of efficient reflectors is a stepped-index Luneburg Lens (LL) with attached metallic spherical cap [2–6]. -
How Can Retroreflective Clothing Provide More Safety Through Visibility in a Semi-Dark Urban Environment? a Study Taking Plac
MASTER’S THESIS How can retroreflective clothing BY VIOLA SCHMITZ provide more safety through visibility in a semi-dark urban Royal Institute of Technology environment? KTH School of Architecture Master’s Program in A study taking place in Scandinavia. Architectural Lighting Design 2018-2019 24.05.2019 AF270X VT19-1 Tutor: Foteini Kyriakidou 0 Index Abstract P. 2 1. Introduction P. 2 2. Background P. 3 2.1. Urban Background P. 4 2.2. Biological background P. 4 2.2.1. Reflexes and reactions P. 4 2.2.2. Types of vision P. 4 2.2.3. Effect of pattern P. 5 recognition 2.2.4. Human field of vision P. 5 3. Analysis P. 6 3.1. Analysis: Retroreflectors P. 6 3.2. Analysis: Existing products P. 7 4. Methodology P. 9 5. Methods P. 10 5.1. Survey: P. 10 Lines defining the human body 5.2. Video Experiment: P. 10 Designs in motion 5.2.1. Analysis: Location P. 10 5.2.2. Video Experiment P. 11 5.2.3. Procedure P. 12 5.3. Experimental survey: P. 12 Size of a human 5.4. Visualization: P. 13 Pattern recognition in surroundings 6. Results P. 14 6.1. Survey: P. 14 Lines defining the human body 6.2. Video Experiment: P. 15 Designs in motion 6.2.1. Analysis: Location P. 15 6.2.2. Video Experiment P. 16 6.2.3. Observation P. 17 6.3. Experimental survey: P. 17 Size of a human 6.4. Visualization: Pattern P. 17 recognition in surroundings 7. Discussion P. -
Next-Generation Laser Retroreflectors for Precision Tests of General
UNIVERSITA` DEGLI STUDI “ROMA TRE” DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN FISICA XXVIII CICLO Next-generation Laser Retroreflectors for Precision Tests of General Relativity Relazione sull’attivit`adi Dottorato di Manuele Martini Relatore Interno: Prof. Aldo Altamore Relatore Esterno: Dr. Simone Dell’Agnello, LNF-INFN Coordinatore: Prof. Roberto Raimondi Anno Accademico 2015/2016 Alla mia famiglia... Contents List of Acronyms v Preface vii Why this work at LNF-INFN . vii Whatmycontributionis ............................ viii Workinthefieldofoptics ........................ ix Industrial & quality assurance . ix Physics analysis . x 1 Satellite/Lunar Laser Ranging 1 1.1 The ILRS . 2 1.2 Howitworks ............................... 4 1.3 Corner Cube Retroreflectors . 6 1.3.1 Apollo & Lunokhod Corner Cube Retroreflector (CCR) . 8 2GeneralRelativitytests 11 2.1 TestsoriginallyproposedbyEinstein . 11 2.1.1 Mercury perihelion precession . 11 2.1.2 Deflection of light . 12 2.1.3 Gravitational redshift . 18 i 2.1.4 Shapirotimedelay ........................ 20 2.2 ParametrizedPost-Newtonianformalism . 20 3 The SCF Lab 23 3.1 SCF-GCryostat.............................. 25 3.2 Vacuum & Cryogenic System . 27 3.3 Control and acquisition electronics . 30 3.4 Solar Simulator . 33 3.5 IR Thermacam . 36 3.6 Optical layout . 40 3.6.1 Angularcalibration . 42 4 The MoonLIGHT-2 experiment 45 4.1 MoonLIGHT-ILN............................. 46 4.2 MoonLIGHT-2payload. 49 4.2.1 Optical modeling . 49 4.3 Structural design . 55 4.3.1 Sunshade vs sunshade-less . 58 4.3.2 Falcon-9 test . 61 4.3.3 Actual Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity High accuracyTests(MoonLIGHT)-2design . 65 4.4 INRRI................................... 65 5 The SCF-TEST 69 5.1 The MoonLIGHT-2 SCF-TESTs: general description . -
State-Of-The-Art of Metamaterials: Characterization, Realization and Applications
Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Articles Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre 2014-7 State-of-the-Art of Metamaterials: Characterization, Realization and Applications Giuseppe Ruvio Technological University Dublin, [email protected] Giovanni Leone Second University of Naples, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ahfrcart Part of the Electromagnetics and Photonics Commons Recommended Citation G. Ruvio & G. Leone,(2014) State-of-the-art of Metamaterials: Characterization, Realization and Applications, Studies in Engineering and Technology, vol. 1, issue 2. doi:10.11114/set.v1i2.456 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre at ARROW@TU Dublin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of ARROW@TU Dublin. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License Redfame Publish ing State-of-the-art of metamaterials: characterization, realization and applications Giuseppe Ruvio 1, 2 & Giovanni Leone 1 1Seconda Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy 2Dublin Institute of Technology, Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland Abstract Metamaterials is a large family of microwave structures that produces interesting ε and µ conditions with huge implications for numerous electromagnetic applications. Following a description of modern techniques to realize epsilon-negative, mu-negative and double-negative metamaterials, this paper explores recent literature on the use of metamaterials in hot research areas such as metamaterial-inspired microwave components, antenna applications and imaging. -
581 01 Linkgping INSUHUILUTOL Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institut
ISSN 0347-6030 V/]/rapport 323 A 1989 Visibility distances to retrore- flectors in opposing situations between two motor vehicles at night Gabriel Helmers and Sven - Olof Lundkvist an Vag-och Irafik- Statens vag- och trafikinstitut (VTI) * 581 01 LinkGping E INSUHUILUTOL swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute « $-581 01 Linkoping Sweden l/TIra A 1.989 Visibility distances to retrore- flectors in apposing situations between two motor vehicles at night Gabriel Helmers and Sven - Olaf Lundkvist f 00/! Statens veg- och trafikinstitut (VT/l - 581 01 Lin/(oping 'lSt/tlltet Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute - 8-581 07 Linképing Sweden PREFACE This report is a shortened English version of the original final report in Swedish (VTI rapport 323). The research work as well as the work on the translation into English were sponsored by The Swedish Transport Research Board. Christina Ruthger had the main responsibility for the translation and editing of the report. VTI REPORT 323A CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT SUMMARY II BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM Safe visibility distance H Visibility in vehicle lighting Design traffic situation for the evaluation of IIIHIII thl retroreflectors and other visibility promoting measures ISSUES N METHOD Method for the measurement of visibility distances Experimental design Retroreflectors in the experiment Test design Headlights Low beam aiming Subjects NNNNNNNH Model of the analysis of variance wwwwwwwww 03014:.me RESULTS Large retroreflectors Small retroreflectors NNH bub-bub Analysis of variance concerning SMALL -
Motorcycle Crash Causation Study: Volume 2—Coding Manual
Motorcycle Crash Causation Study: Volume 2—Coding Manual PUBLICATION NO. FHWA-HRT-18-039 FEBRUARY 2019 Research, Development, and Technology Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center 6300 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101-2296 FOREWORD The Motorcycle Crash Causation Study, conducted through the Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety Research and Development, produced a wealth of information on the causal factors for motorcycle crashes, and its corresponding Volumes provide perspectives on what crash-countermeasure opportunities can be developed. This study used a crash- and control-case approach developed from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development protocols, which as discussed in this report, has provided insights into more than 1,900 data elements that may be associated with motorcycle-crash causation. The research team produced a final report along with a 14-volume series of supplemental reports that provide an overview of the study and a summary of its observations, the data-collection forms and coding definitions, a tabulation of each data element collected from each form, and selected comparisons with previous studies. It is anticipated that readers will select those Volumes and data elements that provide information of specific interest. This document, Volume 2—Coding Manual, provides the coding conventions used in this study. It provides data that enable the proper interpretation and understanding of the codes assigned to variables of interest during the study. This report will be of interest to individuals involved in traffic safety, safety training, crash and injury reduction, and roadway design and policy making, as well as to motorcycle- and safety-equipment designers, crash investigators and researchers, motorcycle and automotive manufacturers and consumers, roadway users, and human-factors specialists. -
Ball Retroreflector Optics
Library Ball Retroreflector Optics M.A. Goldman March 23. 1996 Abstract The design and optical properties of ball retroreflectors are discussed. Ray tracing computations are given for the University of Arizona reflectors to be used at the GBT. Applications to the GBT are discussed. 1. Ball Reflector Design Ball retroreflectors are back reflecting mirrors with a wide field angle of view. They are scheduled to be used as position indicating reference targets on the Green Bank Telescope. They will be mounted at several locations below the telescope's main reflector and on the feed arm. Electronic distance measuring laser scanners will And the distance from a characteristic fiducial reference point of the laser scanner to the center of curvature of the ball reflector. The construction, design, and behavior of these devices is discussed in this note. Considered as an abstract geometric configuration, the ball retroreflector consists of two half balls of a uniform transparent optical medium, joined at their plane boundary disks so that the centers of curvature of the two half balls meet and identify to a common point. (Let us call this common point, which will be a center of curvature of each of the two hemispherical ball surfaces, the "center point" of the ball reflector. Let us call the common boundary plane of the half balls the "junction plane.") The half balls are optically non-absorbing and have the same index of refraction. The common intersection disk of the half balls is, then, not a surface of optical discontinuity. Such a configuration could in principle be fabricated by manufacturing two half balls and then joining them with an optical cement of matching index. -
Foam Based Luneburg Lens Antenna at 60 Ghz
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 44, 1{7, 2014 Foam Based Luneburg Lens Antenna at 60 GHz Jonathan Bor1, *, Olivier Lafond1, Herve Merlet2, Philippe Le Bars2, and Mohamed Himdi1 Abstract|An innovative technological process is investigated to easily manufacture inhomogeneous Luneburg lenses. A unique foam material is drilled and pressed to achieve the di®erent dielectric constant needed to follow the index law inside the lens. The performance of such 60 GHz antenna is described and the antenna prototype is measured in terms of gain and radiation patterns. The results show a good e±ciency (60% with a directivity of 18{19 dBi) and demonstrate the feasibility of this kind of Luneburg lens, through the use of a simple technological process. The lens with a diameter of 56 mm and a thickness of 3 mm operates in the 57{66 GHz bandwidth. The magnitude of S11 parameter is under ¡10 dB in the whole bandwidth and an half-power beamwidth of 5± and 50± in H-plane and E-plane respectively is reached. 1. INTRODUCTION Millimeter-wave communication systems in the unlicensed 57{66 GHz bandwidth are dedicated for indoor and short range digital high rate transmission applications [1]. In indoor conditions, the link between transmitter and receiver can be shadowed because of human body interposition for example. Therefore, beam-scanning antennas are required to carry out high bite rate communications to another receptor. Luneburg lens have been chosen for its low loss, low retro-di®usion and in¯nity of focus points for beam scanning and beam shaping capabilities. -
LIDAR – a New (Self-Driving) Vehicle for Introducing Optics to Broader Engineering and Non-Engineering Audiences Corneliu Rablau a Akettering University, Dept
LIDAR – A new (self-driving) vehicle for introducing optics to broader engineering and non-engineering audiences Corneliu Rablau a aKettering University, Dept. of Physics, 1700 University Ave., Flint, MI USA 48504 ABSTRACT Since Stanley, the self-driven Stanford car equipped with five SICK LIDAR sensors won the 2005 DARPA Challenge, the race to developing and deploying fully autonomous, self-driving vehicles has come to a full swing. By now, it has engulfed all major automotive companies and suppliers, major trucking and taxi companies, not to mention companies like Google (Waymo), Apple and Tesla. With the notable exception of the Tesla self-driving cars, a LIDAR (Light, Detection and Ranging) unit is a key component of the suit of sensors that allow autonomous vehicles to see and navigate the world. The market space for lidar units is by now downright crowded, with a number of companies and their respective technologies jockeying for long-run leading positions in the field. Major lidar technologies for autonomous driving include mechanical scanning (spinning) lidar, MEMS micro-mirror lidar, optical-phased array lidar, flash lidar, frequency- modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar and others. A major technical specification of any lidar is the operating wavelength. Many existing systems use 905 nm diode lasers, a wavelength compatible with CMOS-technology detectors. But other wavelengths (like 850 nm, 940 nm and 1550 nm) are also investigated and, in the long run, the telecom near- infrared range (1550 nm) is expected to experience significant growth because it offers a larger detecting distance range (200-300 meters) within eye safety laser power limits while also offering potential better performance in bad weather conditions. -
A Fast Single-Pixel Laser Imager for VR/AR Headset Tracking Veljko Milanović*, Abhishek Kasturi, James Yang, Frank Hu Mirrorcle Technologies, Inc., Richmond, CA
Presented at SPIE Conference on MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XVI, San Francisco, CA Jan 31st, 2017 A Fast Single-Pixel Laser Imager for VR/AR Headset Tracking Veljko Milanović*, Abhishek Kasturi, James Yang, Frank Hu Mirrorcle Technologies, Inc., Richmond, CA ABSTRACT In this work we demonstrate a highly flexible laser imaging system for 3D sensing applications such as in tracking of VR/AR headsets, hands and gestures. The system uses a MEMS mirror scan module to transmit low power laser pulses over programmable areas within a field of view and uses a single photodiode to measure the reflected light. User can arbitrarily select the number of pixels to scan over an area and can thus obtain images of target objects at arbitrarily fast rates. The work builds on the previously presented “MEMSEye” laser tracking technology which uses a fast steering MEMS scan module with a modulated laser, and a tuned photosensor to acquire and track a retroreflector-marked object. To track VR/AR headsets, hands and similar objects with multiple markers or no markers at all, a single-point tracking methodology is not sufficient. Cameras could be more appropriate in such multi-point imaging cases but suffer from low frame rates, dependence on ambient lighting, and relatively low resolution when without zooming and panning capability. A hybrid method can address the problem by providing a system with its own light source (laser beam), and with full programmability of the pixel locations and scans such that frame rates of >100 Hz are possible over specific areas of interest. With a modest 1 Mpixel rate of measurement, scanning a sub-region of the field of view with 64 x 64 pixels results in ~200Hz update. -
Fabrication of Right Triangular Prism Retroreflectors Through 3½½-Axis Ultraprecise Single Point Inverted Cutting
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN & APPLICATIONS, 2017 VOL. 14, NO. 5, 693–703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16864360.2016.1273586 Fabrication of right triangular prism retroreflectors through 3½½-axis ultraprecise single point inverted cutting Benjamin W. Hamilton a, Sama Hussein a, Nicolas Milliken a, O. Remus Tutunea-Fatan a and Evgueni V. Bordatchev b aWestern University, London, Canada; bNational Research Council of Canada, Canada ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Retroreflectors (RR) are passive optical structures that are capable of returning incident light back to Automotive lighting; the source. The focus of the current study is represented by the right triangular prism (RTP) geometry retroreflector design; optical which could be a more efficient alternative to the traditional inverted corner cube geometry. While performance; 3½½-axis current manufacturing practices rely solely on the use of conventional pin-bundling techniques, the diamond cutting work reported in this study presents further enhancements of the previously introduced ultraprecise single point inverted cutting technique which can be used in a manner approximately similar to 3½½-axis kinematics. The experimental results obtained have demonstrated both the feasibility of the proposed fabrication approach as well as the optical viability of the fabricated RTP elements. 1. Introduction example in this category is represented by the taillights A retroreflector (RR) is a passive optical device that installed on virtually all transportation vehicles [11]. reflects light back to the originating source through a However, the fabrication of the corner cube geome- range of incident angles deviating from the normal axis. try poses an inherent challenge in a sense that rotating RRs can be divided into two categories: lens-and-mirror, toolscannotbeusedtoproducethegeometryofthe and inverted corner cube (ICC). -
Effects of Retroreflector Positioning on Nighttime Recognition of Pedestrians
UMTRI-95-18 EFFECTS OF RETROREFLECTOR POSITIONING ON NIGHTTIME RECOGNITION OF PEDESTRIANS Juha Luoma Josef Schumann Eric C. Traube June 1995 EFFECTS OF RETROREFLECTOR POSITIONING ON NIGHTTIME RECOGNITION OF PEDESTRIANS Juha Luoma Josef Schumann Eric C. Traube The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2150 U.S.A. Report No. UMTRI-95-18 June 1995 Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. UMTRI-95-18 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Effects of retroreflector positioning on nighttime recognition of June 1995 pedestrians 6. Performing Organization Code 302753 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Luoma, J., Schumann, J., and Traube, E.C. UMTRI-95-18 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit no. (TRAIS) The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2150, U.S.A. 11. Contract or Grant No. 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered The University of Michigan Industry Affiliation Program for Human Factors in Transportation Safety 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplementary Notes The Affiliation Program currently includes Adac Plastics, Bosch, Chrysler, Delphi Interior and Lighting Systems, Ford (Plastic and Trim Products Division), General Electric, GM NAO Safety Center, Hella, Ichikoh Industries, Koito Manufacturing, LESCOA, Libbey-Owens-Ford, Magneti Marelli, North American Lighting, Osram Sylvania, Philips Lighting, PPG Industries, Reflexite, Stanley Electric, TEXTRON Automotive, United Technologies Automotive Systems, Valeo, Wagner Lighting, and 3M. 15. Abstract This field study was designed to investigate potential effects of retroreflector positioning on recognition of nighttime pedestrians.