Wavefront sensor testing in hypersonic flows using a laser-spark guide star

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3172, Issue , 1997, Pages 349-361

  Neal, Daniel R ^a   Armstrong, Darrell J ^a   Hedlund, Eric ^b   Lederer, Melissa ^b   Collier, Arnold ^b   Spring, Charles ^b   Gruetzner, James ^c   Hebner, Greg ^c   Mansell, Justin ^d  

^a WaveFront Sciences Incorporated   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aero optical effects; Aerothermal effects; Boresight error; Optical seekers; Shack Hartmann sensors; Wavefront sensors

Indexed keywords

AERO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; AEROTHERMAL EFFECTS; BORESIGHT ERROR; OPTICAL SEEKERS; SHACK-HARTMANN SENSORS; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ABERRATIONS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMBUSTION; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; LASER WINDOWS; LASERS; LENSES; MICROLENSES; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORDNANCE; SENSORS; SMOKE; STREAM FLOW; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WAVEFRONTS; WINDOWS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0010916314     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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