BRL Beam Diagnostic Support of UNFTP.

Abstract

The BRL Infrared Data Acquisition and Processing System (IRDAPS) is a computer based, field portable, acquisition and processing facility designed expressly to support remote HEL field test programs. This report presents a summary of BRL Beam Diagnostic Support of the Unified Navy Field Test Program (UNFTP) recently concluded at Capistrano Beach, CA. It discusses the role of IRDAPS in providing quick look analytical beam diagnostic data as inputs to on-site management decisions regarding beam quality and its impact on overall experimental goals. Beam parameters, as calculated by IRDAPS, are discussed and interpreted. Included are typical data tabulations and plots to support these discussions. This report also points out that, although IRDAPS bore the full burden of all on-site beam data processing, at no time was a program delay encountered due to lack of response or IRDAPS equipment failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA066527

Entities

People

  • Morgan T. Reedy

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Corporations
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Field Tests
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Infrared Scanning
  • Intensity
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Power
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.