Dragonfly directional sensor

Joe Geary, Lisa Blackwell, Tim Edwards, Mike Dargie
2013 Optical Engineering: The Journal of SPIE  
This paper discusses the concept and hardware development of an all fiber-based, solid state, coherent array directional sensor that can locate and track bright objects against a darker background. This sensor is not an imager. It relies on the inherent structure of the global fiber distribution. Methods for characterizing and calibrating hardware embodiments are also presented.
doi:10.1117/1.oe.52.2.024403 fatcat:7rz2oxql5jcprmwstkg36kph3y