US Patent Issued to Raytheon on March 25 for "Image polarimeter using a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) micro-mirror array (MMA)" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,277, issued on March 25, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Image polarimeter using a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) micro-mirror array (MMA)" was invented by Eric Rogala (Tucson, Ariz.) and Gerald P. Uyeno (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image polarimeter includes a MEMS MMA divided into two or more segments in which the mirrors in each segment are provided with a polarizer of a given polarization. The mirrors in each segment are tipped and tilted to steer polarized light onto different portions of an optical detector. In certain configurations the mirrors may also be pistoned to reduce aberrat...