10-Micrometers Detector

Abstract

The purpose of the program performed under this contract is to continue the research on 10.6-micrometer image upconversion detectors and to determine the feasibility of developing a 10.6-micrometer range-gated upconversion imaging laser radar receiver with 150 by 150 resolution elements. To meet the program objectives, the following areas were studied: Experimental determination of the effect of a diverging pump on image resolution for the image space configuration upconverter system and comparison of the results with analytical prediction; Analytical determination of the effect of birefringence and a truncated pump beam on image resolution; Development of techniques to handle power dissipation inside the nonlinear crystal; and, Investigation of techniques for improvement of optical efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759077

Entities

People

  • F. Pace
  • M. Aita
  • W. Chiou

Organizations

  • Eaton Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Birefringence
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency Response
  • Image Tubes
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Single Crystals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Space Objects