Design and testing of a cube-corner array for laser ranging

William E. James; W. Howard Steel; Nelson Orlando Evans

doi:10.1117/12.47840

1 March 1991 Design and testing of a cube-corner array for laser ranging

William E. James, W. Howard Steel, Nelson Orlando Evans

Proceedings Volume 1400, Optical Fabrication and Testing; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47840
Event: Singapore, 1990, -, Singapore

Abstract

A Laser Retroreflector Unit, consisting of an array of cube corners, has been designed and made for the satellite Aussat B. The design involved the study of cube corners with small angle offsets, the diffraction pattern they produce, the effects of surface coatings, and their transmittance at high angles of incidence. Interferometric tests were developed to measure during manufacture the angle offsets of the cube from which the retroreflectors were cut, and radiometric tests confirmed the final performance.

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William E. James, W. Howard Steel, and Nelson Orlando Evans "Design and testing of a cube-corner array for laser ranging", Proc. SPIE 1400, Optical Fabrication and Testing, (1 March 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47840

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