Angular Vibration Effects on a Telescope System

Abstract

The optical system considered here consists of a pointing system used to direct a laser beam from an aircraft. The laser is located on the floor of the aircraft, and its beam is relayed by a mirror to the ceiling, into the base of a beam director, which is used to point the beam to a target. This type of system has many applications for Air Force missions, including high-bandwidth, secure, data links. The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of the angular vibrations at the three stations of interest in a C-135 aircraft where the optical elements would be placed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0907635

Entities

People

  • Lawrence Sher

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Angular Motion
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Lasers
  • Line Of Sight
  • Measurement
  • Misalignment
  • Navigation
  • Relative Motion
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects