Estimation of laser system pointing performance via statistics of the received signal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3494, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-122

  Lukesh, Gordon W ^a   Chandler, Susan M ^a   Voelz, David G ^b  

^a Nukove Scientific Consulting   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; EXPERIMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TURBULENCE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; BEAM PROFILES; BEAM WIDTHS; BORESIGHT; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; LASER SYSTEMS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSES; NUMBER OF SHOTS; OPTICAL-; POINTING ERRORS; RECEIVED SIGNALS;

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EID: 0000455281     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.332407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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