Presented by :

Nirmal Surange
Email: nirmal.surange@gmail.com

Introduction to Camouflage Optical Camouflage

-- Invisibility Cloak

Components & Working Phased Array Optics

-- Theory -- Design of OPA

Real World Applications Conclusion

Camoufler to disguise Natural Camouflaging

Active Camouflage

-- by use of panels or coatings capable of altering their appearance, color, luminance and reflective properties

Invisibility Cloak

Using.
Augmented Reality

Highly Reflective Cloak

-- Retro Reflection

Projector Video Camera Computer Combiner

Based on diffraction Amplitude and phase distribution of light Coherent sources and wavelength apart; i.e. 0.2 microns

Based on diffraction Amplitude and phase distribution of light Coherent sources and wavelength apart; i.e. 0.2 microns Visible objects as discrete surface points Spacing determines resolution Resultant amplitude determines phase & intensity at that source point

Design of OPA
-- Illuminate the back of array with light from single laser. -- Each element consists of a phase shifter and an amplitude modulator. -- Nematic liquid crystals exhibit stronger electro-optic effect than solids.

An Assembled Liquid-Crystal Optical Phased Array (OPA) Cell consisting of 512 striped electrodes underneath a liquid-crystal layer. Each of the elements requires independent voltage capability, and by varying these voltages the system can create a tunable diffraction grating that, in this case, can act as a prism to steer a low-power laser beam.

An OPA, With Interconnects, Mounted In its fixture and attached to the test bed setup. The 30 connector/cable assemblies (5 boards x 6 cables) all around the fixture go into one computer with multiple PCI-bus analog-output cards that provide simultaneous updating of the control voltages.

Rockwell Scientific Company, Thousand Oaks, California & United Electronic Industries Canton

Columbia University Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab

Tachi Laboratory University of Tokyo

Making Objects Invisible

-- To make cockpit floors transparent -- Doctors performing surgery -- Providing a view of the outside in windowless rooms -- Drivers backing up cars

Making Objects Visible

-- Mutual Existence

Augmented Reality and Retro Reflection

~ Very Effective but with a lot of restrictions.

Phased Array Optics

~ Technology that doesnt exist, but is beginning to exist. ~ Best suited for Optical Camouflage. ~ Challenges are supposed to be met in next 20 or 30 years, but clearly the future is limitless as imagination itself.