Secede Laser Radar Experiment
Abstract
In support of the SECEDE 2 barium release test series, AVCO-Everett Research lab. conducted an experiment to demonstrate the feasibility of making measurements of spatial density distribution in a barium ion cloud. The feasibility measurements were made with a laser radar breadboard which transmits laser pulses at the wavelengths of the 4934A ion ground state resonance line, and detects the return signals by means of a collecting telescope and photomultiplier, all mounted on an alt-azimuth platform. A videotape recorder was used to record the time resolved return signals, and a boresight camera was used to record pointing information. Provisions were included for control, display and field calibration of the system. Preliminary reductions and evaluation of a small fraction of the tape recorder data has been accomplished.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0731860
Entities
People
- I. Itzkan
- P. G. Debaryshe
- R. A. Kirk