Performance of a gimballed fiber optic coupled laser spotlight and active television

John Lester Miller; John M. Kelly; Robert J. Ireland; James E. Byars

doi:10.1117/1.601807

1 October 1998 Performance of a gimballed fiber optic coupled laser spotlight and active television

John Lester Miller, John M. Kelly, Robert J. Ireland, James E. Byars

Optical Engineering, Vol. 37, Issue 10, (October 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601807

Recent advances in high powered laser diodes and fiber optic coupling enable efficient integration of laser systems into existing gimballed systems. A high power, divergent beam is used to illuminate a scene providing enhanced performance in poor weather, the recording of (ship, aircraft or automobile) registry and augmentation to existing night vision devices. Ground tests are conducted by observing alphanumeric characters at 200, 400, 600, 800, 1100 and 1300 m and results are presented.

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John Lester Miller, John M. Kelly, Robert J. Ireland, and James E. Byars "Performance of a gimballed fiber optic coupled laser spotlight and active television," Optical Engineering 37(10), (1 October 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601807

Published: 1 October 1998

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