AIRBORNE LASER SYSTEMS

Abstract

This report summarizes a brief study of the application of airborne pulsed laser systems to the detection of submerged submarines. The laser differs from conventional sources by virtue of extremely high peak powers coupled with short pulse lengths, and inherent narrow spectral bandwidth which makes possible highly selective filtering, thus allowing the rejection of a large portion of the broadband ambient lighting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0355199

Entities

People

  • James L. Harris

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • Detection
  • Government Procurement
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Peak Power
  • Photons
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Refractive Index
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Shot Noise
  • Time Intervals
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy