SRI Dye-Laser-Radar Operation for Secede 2

Abstract

A dye laser radar (lidar) was operated at a site near Wewahitchka, Florida during the SECEDE II test series, in an attempt to measure barium-ion- density variations within the ion cloud. If present at all, barium ions occur in the natural atmosphere at concentrations much too low to provide resonance backscatter for system-performance evaluation. Therefore, the system was operated before shipment at a 5896-A sodium resonance line and adequate system performance was obtained. The results of the tests are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740489

Entities

People

  • Roy A. Long

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Backscattering
  • Contracts
  • Diffraction
  • Digital Data
  • Dye Lasers
  • Dyes
  • Frequency
  • Laser Dyes
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Radar
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy