Optimal Control of the HEL Beam.

Abstract

Optimal control of the deformable mirror in a High Energy Laser was used to reduce the effects of atmospheric turbulence. The performance characteristics of an optical detector with one or four sub-apertures were estimated. These estimated performance characteristics were then used to determine the regime where four sub-apertures gave better performance than one sub-aperture for no time delay and for a one millisecond delay. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114927

Entities

People

  • J. Eldon Steelman

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Covariance
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Deformable Mirrors
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Optical Detectors
  • Resonant Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy