Electronically Scanned Coherent CO[sub]2[/sub] Laser Radar Techniques

A. B. Welch; B. Burzlaff; W. Cunningham

doi:10.1117/12.932587

30 April 1982 Electronically Scanned Coherent CO₂ Laser Radar Techniques

A. B. Welch, B. Burzlaff, W. Cunningham

Proceedings Volume 0300, Physics and Technology of Coherent Infrared Radar I; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932587
Event: 25th Annual Technical Symposium, 1981, San Diego, United States

Abstract

An electronically, scanned laser radar has been designed and is currently being developed which has unprecedented agility and speed. The agile scanning of both the transmitter and receiver is controlled by the variable reflectance of a V0₂ film on a cathode ray tube (CRT) faceplate. Electron beam heating is used to create reflecting spots on the VO₂ film which, in turn, control the transmitter laser beam direction. Components for the laser radar are currently being developed and tested. Experimental results are in complete agreement with predicted analytical results.

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A. B. Welch, B. Burzlaff, and W. Cunningham "Electronically Scanned Coherent CO₂ Laser Radar Techniques", Proc. SPIE 0300, Physics and Technology of Coherent Infrared Radar I, (30 April 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932587

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