Adaptive Principle in Optical Instrument Design,

Abstract

The common path concept has been used in optical instrument design for 30 years. In fact, the designer tacitly accepts that the light traverses its path during a time period that is sufficiently short such that the atmospheric state remains the same. Now, while the measurement range is being extended or the perturbation is intensifying, the atmospheric state no longer remains the same in the given time interval, and thus, the common path concept reveals its shortcomings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA320867

Entities

People

  • Chunyong Yin
  • Jihua Guo
  • Wenwei Mao

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Intervals
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Optical Instruments
  • Perturbations
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design