The
Wonders
of Light: An
Exciting New Viewpoint
by Robert Crane
For Astronomers >
Robert Crane
Born NYC, 1919
Schools
Loomis, Windsor, CT
Williams College, MA
Work
Remote sensor development covering radar, millimeter, infrared and visible
wavelengths. Most of the work involved originating and experimenting with
ideas fro sensing and measuring Natures Laws for the environment. This
was primarily for US Military needs.
Worked
For
MIT Radiation Lab, Cambridge MA
General Precision Lab, Pleasantville, NY
Santa Barbara Research Lab, CA
Crane Electronics (technical success but financial failure)
Raytheon, Santa Barbara CA, and Bedford, MA
Perkin Elmer, Wilton, CT
- With Hugh Robertson, performed first electronic Active Optics experiments.
- Performed the first electronic interference fringe phase experiment.
- Worked on the conceptual phase of the Large Space Telescope, subsequently Hubble Telescope. This included the use of an interferometer in the Fine Guidance system.
After
Retiring
As hobby, conducted many optical interference experiments.
Last six years experimenting on and writing a book about "The Wonders
of Light."
Pertinent
papers
Interference Phase Measurement, Applied Optics, March 1969
Laser Detection by Coherence discrimination, Optical Engineering, Vol
18, No 2, March - April 1979
The Angle-Scanned Interferometer, Optical Engineering, Ibid
16 US patents
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