Performance of a gimballed fiber optic coupled laser spotlight and active television

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2703-2709

  Miller, John Lester ^a,e,f,g   Kelly, John ^b,h,i   Ireland, Robert J ^c,j,k,l,m   Byars, Jim ^d,n,o  

^a FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^l MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Phillips Laboratory   (United States)

ⁿ Lawrence Institute of Technology   (United States)

^o TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Active television; Enhanced night vision; Fiber optic coupling; Forward looking infrared system; Laser diode; Laser spotlight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001499405     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601807     Document Type: Article

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