MEASUREMENT OF LASER OUTPUT BY LIGHT PRESSURE

Abstract

A practical system is to measure the light pressure of a laser pulse on a reflecting surface is presented. Only measurement of pulsed output is discussed, although the method applies equally well to c-w output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0275460

Entities

People

  • C. B. Arnold
  • J. J. Cook
  • W. L. Flowers

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Eddy Currents
  • Energy
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • High Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Laser Pulses
  • Materials
  • Mean Free Path
  • Measurement
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Momentum
  • Oscillation
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers