Patent Document ID: 7999922
Application ID: 12431700
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A coherent imaging system for producing high resolution images, comprising: a coherent radiation source module configured to produce a first radiation beam at a first instance and a second radiation beam at a second instance, the second instance different in time from the first instance; a first optical component configured to direct the first radiation beam towards a target at a first angle to produce a first return beam, and configured to produce a first reference beam; a second optical component configured to direct the second radiation beam towards the target at a second angle to produce a second return beam, and configured to produce a second reference beam, the second angle different from the first angle; an aperture configured to collect the first return beam and the second return beam; and a detector module configured to produce a first coherent image based on interference between the first return beam and the first reference beam, configured to produce a second coherent image based on interference between the second return beam and the second reference beam, and configured to combine the first coherent image and the second coherent image to produce a high resolution coherent image, wherein the high resolution coherent image has a resolution higher than a resolution of the first coherent image or the second coherent image.