Michael L Shand, Age 7759 High Hill Rd, Tiverton, RI 02878

6000285, Dec 14, 1999

May 22, 1998

9/083484

Kenrick Rodford Leslie - Inglewood CA
Michael Lee Shand - Morristown NJ
Martin Carlin Baker - Budd Lake NJ
Joseph J. Barrett - Morris Plains NJ
Clint Patrick Kilroy - Parsippany NJ

Alliedsignal Inc. - Morristown NJ

G01F 100
G01C 2100

7317007

The invention provides a system for passive measurement of atmospheric temperature using a passive direction detector for detecting the energy of a narrow wavelength band emanating from a volume of atmospheric gas. The resulting signal can be associated with an effective temperature. The effective temperature can be associated with an effective range. The system generates a temperature map which can determine, at predetermined time intervals, atmospheric temperatures in an azimuth plane associated with a predefined range from the detector. The temperature map can then be used to calculate temperature gradients that in turn can be used to compute the vertical wind vector difference and to determine the presence of clear air turbulence.

5287373, Feb 15, 1994

Aug 17, 1992

7/929857

William R. Rapoport - Bridgewater NJ
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ
Dave Narasimhan - Flemington NJ

AlliedSignal Inc. - Morristownship, Morris County NJ

H01S 316

372 41

Solid state laser gain media of the composition Cr. sup. +3 :XYZF. sub. 6 wherein X is an alkali metal ion; Y is an alkaline earth metal ion, Cd. sup. +2 or Mg. sup. +2 ; and Z is Al. sup. +3, Ga. sup. +3 or Sc. sup. +3 are provided with gradient Cr doping levels for reducing thermally generated stress/strain in the lasing operation.

5974875, Nov 2, 1999

Aug 6, 1998

9/129805

Kenrick R. Leslie - Inglewood CA
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ
Martin C. Baker - Budd Lake NJ
Joseph J. Barrett - Morris Plains NJ
Clint P. Kilroy - Neptune NJ

AlliedSignal Inc. - Morristown NJ

G01F 100
G01C 2100

7317007

The invention provides a system for passive measurement of atmospheric temperature using a passive direction detector for detecting the energy of a narrow wavelength band emanating from a volume of atmospheric gas. The resulting signal can be associated with an effective temperature. The effective temperature can be associated with an effective range. The system generates a temperature map which can determine, at predetermined time intervals, atmospheric temperatures in an azimuth plane associated with a predefined range from the detector. The temperature map can then be used to calculate temperature gradients that in turn can be used to compute the average Richardson number over an atmospheric layer and other atmospheric conditions to predict the presence of clear air turbulence.

5519209, May 21, 1996

Jun 15, 1994

8/259943

William R. Rapoport - Bridgewater NJ
Martin C. Baker - Budd Lake NJ
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ
Joseph J. Barrett - Morris Plains NJ
Howard E. Aschoff - Wanaque NJ

AlliedSignal Inc. - Morris Township NJ

H01J 4014

250214VT

An active imaging system for viewing targets with a high degree of range resolution of approximately one foot. The imaging system utilizes a laser pulse which passes through an electro-optical pulse slicer which creates a sharp leading edge and/or a sharp falling edge on the laser pulse. The laser pulse travels to the target under observation, illuminates and reflects off of the target and returns to a camera. A target is viewed only during the time all or a portion of the returning laser pulse overlaps the time the camera shutter gate is open. The imaging system is particularly suited for determining depth information about a target by varying the time relationship when the returning laser pulse is received by the camera.

6070460, Jun 6, 2000

Feb 28, 1997

8/808589

Kenrick Roford Leslie - Inglewood CA
Michael Lee Shand - Morristown NJ
Martin Carlin Baker - Budd Lake NJ
Joseph J. Barrett - Morris Plains NJ
Clint Patrick Kilroy - Parsippany NJ

AlliedSignal Inc. - Morristown NJ

G01F 168

7317007

The invention provides a system for passive measurement of atmospheric temperature using a passive direction detector for detecting the energy of a narrow wavelength band emanating from a volume of atmospheric gas. The resulting signal can be associated with an effective temperature. The effective temperature can be associated with an effective range. The system generates a temperature map which can determine, at predetermined time intervals, atmospheric temperatures in an azimuth plane associated with a predefined range from the detector. The temperature map can then be used to calculate temperature gradients that in turn can be used to compute the vertical wind vector difference and to determine the presence of clear air turbulence.

4723248, Feb 2, 1988

Jun 11, 1985

6/743540

Donald J. Harter - Piscataway NJ
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ
Yehuda B. Band - Elizabeth NJ
Harold Samelson - Elizabeth NJ

Allied Corporation - Morris Township, Morris County NJ

H01S 310

372 25

An optical device that stabilizes the power in a cw laser beam comprises a material whose absorption coefficient increases wth increasing incident intensity. The same device acts as an energy limiter and pulse shortener for a pulsed laser. In either case, the device can be located either within the laser cavity or outside it. In another embodiment, the device is placed into the cavity of a passively mode-locked laser to permit mode-locking with laser materials that have high gain-saturation energy. Materials suitable for use in the device include Cr-doped crystalline solids and organic solutions, such as laser dyes, saturable absorber dyes, etc.

4490822, Dec 25, 1984

Jun 17, 1982

6/389316

John C. Walling - White House Station NJ
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ

Allied Corporation - Morris Township, Morris County NJ

H01S 316

372 41

A broadly wavelength-tunable laser is provided which comprises as the laser medium a single crystal of YGG:Cr. sup. 3+. The laser may be operated over a broad temperature range from cryogenic temperatures to elevated temperatures. Emission is in a spectral range from red to infrared, and the laser is useful in the fields of defense, communications, isotope separation, photochemistry, etc.

5321711, Jun 14, 1994

Aug 17, 1992

7/930256

William R. Rapoport - Bridgewater NJ
Michael L. Shand - Morristown NJ

AlliedSignal Inc. - Morris Township, Morris County NJ

H01S 316

372 41

Solid state laser gain media of segmented construction are composed of at least two segments of a doped crystalline laser host which are arranged in crystallographic alignment, wherein the dopant concentration varies from segment to segment to provide gradient doping levels for reducing thermally generated stress/strain in the lasing operation.