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3 September 2008VCSEL-based microsensors for photonic proximity fuzing of munitions
This paper describes technologies developed at Sandia National Laboratories to support a joint DoD/DoE initiative to create a compact, robust, and affordable photonic proximity sensor for munitions fuzing. The proximity fuze employs high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays, resonant-cavity photodetectors (RCPDs), and refractive micro-optics that are integrated within a microsensor whose volume is approximately 0.01 cm3. Successful development and integration of these custom photonic components should enable a g-hard photonic proximity fuze that replaces costly assemblies of discrete lasers, photodetectors, and bulk optics. Additional applications of this technology include void sensing, ladar and short-range 3-D imaging.
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G. A. Keeler, A. Mar, K. M. Geib, A. Y. Hsu, D. K. Serkland, G. M. Peake, "VCSEL-based microsensors for photonic proximity fuzing of munitions," Proc. SPIE 7070, Optical Technologies for Arming, Safing, Fuzing, and Firing IV, 70700V (3 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.792023