FEASIBILITY OF A LUNAR OPTICAL RANGING EXPERIMENT,

Abstract

A lunar ranging experiment using a high energy pulsed laser is discussed giving special attention to the required minimum return signal, interfering radiation, detector devices, and pulse length. (Author)

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Dec 01, 1963
• Accession Number: AD0434586

Entities

People

• Michael S. Tavenner
• Robert L. Iliff

Organizations

• Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Detectors
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Energy
• High Energy
• Lasers
• Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
• Optical Phenomena
• Pulsed Lasers
• Radiation

Fields of Study

• Physics

Readers

• Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• Plasma Physics.
• Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

• Directed Energy
• Space
• Space - Orbital Debris