US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 29 for "Near-IR emulator for complex electromagnetic structures" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,616, issued on July 29, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Near-IR emulator for complex electromagnetic structures" was invented by Tariq Manzur (Lincoln, R.I.) and Yifei Li (East Walpole, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring electromagnetic properties of a target includes a stage capable of holding, rotating, and translating the target. A mirror is provided that can be laterally translated. A light source provides a light signal that a splitter splits onto a reference path and a target path. The light signal on the target path is collimated and shines on ...