The Application of Minicomputers in Laser Atmospheric Experiments.
Abstract
XPERIMENTS INVOLVING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LASER RADIATION AND REAL AND SIMULATED ATMOSPHERES. This paper describes the system, its software and main applications. System features include signal analysis capability of both pulsed and continuous lasers, high data acquisition and computation rates, and real-time display of results. Basic system components include two minicomputers, four analog-to-digital converters, and a disc storage unit. One of the main applications of the system is as a dual parameter analyzer in experiments to determine the transmission of laser energy in controlled atmospheres. Efforts to complete these experiments were unsuccessful until minicomputer capability was added. The resulting real-time computation and display enabled real-time calibration and experiment monitoring. Minicomputer system application on other difficult experiments has also proven successful. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0767528
Entities
People
- Gerald T. Wade
- Kenneth O. White
- S. A. Schleusener
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command