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A process is provided to detect an object within a defined region using standing longitudinal cavity mode waves. The process includes disposing first and second conductive lines substantially parallel to the axis, transmitting an electromagnetic signal through the first line at a set frequency, retu

A process is provided to detect an object within a defined region using standing longitudinal cavity mode waves. The process includes disposing first and second conductive lines substantially parallel to the axis, transmitting an electromagnetic signal through the first line at a set frequency, returning the transmitted signal through the second line, measuring power from a reflected signal through the first line, adjusting the set frequency based on the measured power; extracting an appropriate parameter from the reflected signal to obtain a reflected characteristic, comparing the reflected characteristic to an established characteristic that lacks the object to obtain a characteristic differential, and analyzing the characteristic differential to obtain a position of the object along the length. The first and second conductive lines have specified length and width that bound a defined region. The analyzing can be performed by Fourier transform across wave modes.

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1. A method for detecting an object within a defined region having a longitudinal axis, the method comprising: disposing first and second conductive lines substantially parallel to the axis for a specified length and separated from each other by a specified width, the length and width bounding the d

1. A method for detecting an object within a defined region having a longitudinal axis, the method comprising: disposing first and second conductive lines substantially parallel to the axis for a specified length and separated from each other by a specified width, the length and width bounding the defined region;connecting the first and second conductive lines with an oscillator and a shunt respectively disposed at opposite ends of the length;transmitting an electromagnetic signal from the oscillator through the first line at a set frequency;returning the transmitted signal through the second line;measuring power from a reflected signal by the shunt through the first line;adjusting the set frequency based on the measured power;extracting an appropriate parameter from the reflected signal to obtain a reflected characteristic;comparing the reflected characteristic to an established characteristic that lacks the object to obtain a characteristic differential; andanalyzing the characteristic differential to obtain a position of the object along the length. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the appropriate parameter is frequency, and comparing operation further includes determining an offset between a first frequency for the reflected signal and a second frequency for the established signal. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parameter is photon density Sm and the characteristic is mode loss αm, being each associated with associated with the mth longitudinal mode, the mode loss being related by: αm=α0+∫0L⁢G⁡(z)⁢Em⁡(z)2⁢ⅆz, where G is spatially dependant loss called intelligence function, Em is electric field distribution of the mth mode, and z is spatial interval over integral across reflection distance L, the photon density being related by: Sm=nCm⁢Ptc⁡(α0+L⁢G_2+12⁢G^+⁡(λ))⁢⁢(per⁢⁢⁢cubic⁢⁢⁢meter),where n is index of refraction, Cm is probability per unit time of exciting a photon in the mth mode, Pt is average transmitted radio frequency power, c is the speed of light, α0 is background loss, G is average intelligence function and Ĝ+ is Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform of the intelligence function, the electric field distribution related by: Em⁡(z)=sin⁢⁢2⁢⁢π⁢⁢zλm,where λ is closed circuit wavelength, and the intelligence function G is solvable by: G⁡(z)=F⁢⁢F⁢⁢T⁡[2⁢⁢nCm⁢PtcSm-2⁢⁢α0],where FFT designates Discrete fast-Fourier Transform operation.