Equipment and Tracking Test Results for the NRL Ship-to- Ship DF Laser Transmission Experiment.

Abstract

To do absolute optical transmittance measurements between two ships requires that the light source and the receiver reciprocally track each other. This report describers the tracker equipment designed to do this measurement and the tracking ability test results of January 1982. We demonstrated a dynamic tracking error of 20 microrad in both azimuth and elevation. The modified Nike-Hercules tracker has a 32 in. primary. The receiver includes a modified 60 in. searchlight. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1982
Accession Number
ADA113485

Entities

People

  • D. H. Leslie
  • E. S. Gaynor
  • G. L. Trusty
  • M. Douma
  • T. H. Cosden

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Control Panels
  • Deuterium Fluoride Lasers
  • Escort Ships
  • Helium Neon Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Searchlights
  • Ship Motion
  • Ships
  • Vacuum Pumps

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy