Experimental Studies of a Continuous-Wave HF(DF) Confocal Unstable Resonator.

Abstract

A series of experiments were performed on a continuous-wave HF(DF) multiline edge-coupled confocal unstable resonator at The Aerospace Corporation MESA facility. Experimental techniques were developed to measure remotely (from a blockhouse) the output power, the near-field intensity distribution, the spatially resolved spectral content of the near field, and the far-field power distribution. A new technique in which a variable aperture calorimeter absorbing scraper (VACAS) was used for measuring the continuous-wave output power from an unstable resonator with variable-mode geometry and without the use of an output coupling mirror was developed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 1976
Accession Number
ADA025268

Entities

People

  • D. A. Durran
  • E. F. Cross
  • M. A. Kwok
  • R. A. Chodzko
  • R. R. Giedt

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorimeters
  • Continuous Waves
  • Corporations
  • Couplings
  • Far Field
  • Geometry
  • Intensity
  • Near Field
  • Power Distribution
  • Resonators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster