Laser Irradiation Experiments

Abstract

The 'Humdinger Jr.' device was run in order to perform laser irradiation experiments in order to determine the steady-state thermal blooming of a train of focused laser pulses in a uniform crosswind as a function of beam overlap and strength of the index of refraction disturbance caused by a single pulse.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA005663

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blooming
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Contracts
  • Crosswinds
  • Department Of Defense
  • Far Field
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Massachusetts
  • Military Research
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Repetition Rate
  • Steady State
  • Thermal Blooming
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy