Laser Detection and Discrimination System.

Abstract

Magnesium oxide sensing material is pretreated and char ged by UV radiation to identify impingement thereon of radiation from a near infrared laser source by detection of blue emissions which persist for an unusually long period of time, avoiding frequent respotting and recharging. When heated to thermoluminescence peaks above room temperature by irradiation from a far infrared laser source, the magnesium oxide exhibits green luminescence enabling wavelength discrimination between detection of near and far infrared laser sources. Such pretreated magnesium oxide also produces green emissions when irradiated by UV laser sources, to distinguish between detection of the UV laser sources and the far infrared laser sources by discrimination between different fading behaviors of the green emissions. Patent applications. (rrh)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 1989
Accession Number
ADD014301

Entities

People

  • G. P. Summers
  • K. Charkrabarti
  • V. K. Mathur

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Emission
  • Far Infrared Lasers
  • Infrared Lasers
  • Laser Detection
  • Laser-Based Detection
  • Lasers
  • Magnesium
  • Magnesium Compounds
  • Patent Applications
  • Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Lasers

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy