Compact CO2 Laser Rangefinders For Terrain - Following Applications

William F Woods

doi:10.1117/12.941407

24 August 1987 Compact CO₂ Laser Rangefinders For Terrain - Following Applications

William F Woods

Proceedings Volume 0806, Active Infrared Systems and Technology; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941407
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

A number of experimental high p.r.f. CO2 TEA lasers have been demonstrated in the past in laboratory or tripod-mounted tests, but have not been sufficiently compact or rugged for incorporation into rangefinders for military. aircraft. Suitable forward-looking positions in aircraft are so confined that only Nd:YAG based rangefinders have found application to date and these pose much too high an eye-hazard to be used for routine terrain-following.

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William F Woods "Compact CO₂ Laser Rangefinders For Terrain - Following Applications", Proc. SPIE 0806, Active Infrared Systems and Technology, (24 August 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941407

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