Off-Axis Irradiance Produced by a Laser Beam in Water.

Abstract

Measurements of off-axis irradiance produced by the scattering of light from a laser beam during its passage through water were made at representative off-axis angles to more than 90-degrees and to ranges greater than 20 attenuation lengths. From these data an empirical equation has been evolved by means of which scattered irradiance can be calculated at virtually any off-axis point in any kind of ocean water if the spectral volume attenuation coefficient and the spectral volume adsorption coefficient of the water are known. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0726826

Entities

People

  • Seibert Q. Duntley

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Amplifiers
  • Attenuation
  • Coefficients
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optical Equipment
  • Scattering
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers