Patent ID: 7346281

Claim:
A combination radio frequency (RF) wave and optical wave reception system, comprising: a collapsible, field deployable antenna aperture deployable from a collapsed, compact, non-usable, stowed configuration to an expanded, deployed operative configuration for receiving both RF wave radiation and optical wave radiation; a waveguide extending from an axial center of the antenna aperture; a collimator in communication with the waveguide for collimating an optical signal portion received by said antenna and reflecting the optical signal portion through the waveguide, and reflecting an RF wave signal portion received by the antenna aperture through the waveguide; a signal splitter in communication with the waveguide for separating the RF wave and optical wave signal portions traveling through the waveguide; and an optical wavefront correction system in communication with the signal splitter for receiving said optical signal portion, the wavefront correction system structured to correct, in real-time, coarse and fine wavefront errors caused by at least one of atmospheric induced wavefront errors and surface geometry errors in said antenna aperture when deployed.