Atmospheric Transverse Coherence Length Measurement System for Laser Communications

Abstract

This paper summarizes the Wright laboratory In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) conducted to determine the feasibility of using inherent information, such as angle-of-arrival fluctuations of incident radiation and spreading of the focused spot size, obtained through the measurement of the diffraction limited aperture of the atmosphere, (r sub o) to adaptively optimize laser communications system parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA263563

Entities

People

  • Gary D. Wilkins

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Cameras
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Governments
  • Laser Communications
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy