Development of low-OPD windows for Airborne Laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4376, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-56

  Billman, Kenneth W ^a   Tran, Danh C ^b   Johnson, Linda F ^c   Moran, Mark B ^c   Nee, Soe Mie F ^c   Detrio, John A ^d   Daigneault, Steven M ^e   Bukley, Angelia P ^f  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Infrared Fiber Systems Inc   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SSG Precision Optronics Inc   (United States)

^f AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ABL; Airborne Laser; High Power Optical Windows; Low OPD Windows; Oxyfluoride Glass; TMD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL GLASS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVEFRONTS;

AIRBORNE LASERS; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCES (OPD); OPTICAL WINDOWS;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 0035171049     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.438182     Document Type: Article

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