CO2 (10.6 Micrometers) Laser Transmissometer

Abstract

A commercially-obtained CO2 California continuous-wave (c.w.) laser was used as the infrared (I.R.) emitting component in the construction of a 10.6 micron Laser Transmissometer. This report describes the construction and establishes the performance of the transmissometer. It was found that the laser would oscillate unpredictably between the lower-order transverse electro- magnetic modes, and it was therefore necessary to try to predict pseudo- stationary points in the far diffracted field. Australia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA205156

Entities

People

  • S. A. Brunker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Construction
  • Curvature
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Electronics
  • Far Field
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Near Field
  • Radiation
  • Transverse
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy