FINAL DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE LASER AIRBORNE DEPTH SOUNDER FILTER

Authors
REES SSM STAROMLYNSKA J GILLYON MP DAVY JR
Citation
Ssm. Rees et al., FINAL DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE LASER AIRBORNE DEPTH SOUNDER FILTER, Optical engineering, 36(4), 1997, pp. 1204-1213
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optical engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00913286
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1204 - 1213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-3286(1997)36:4<1204:FDATOT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The final design and testing of a filter for the Australian Navy's Las er Airborne Depth Sounder is reported. This filter is a six-stage, act ively tuned, Lyot birefringent filter with approximately 10 times bett er signal-to-noise performance than the narrow-band filter currently i n use. It is expected that this filter will improve the available flyi ng time by up to 6 h/day. (C) 1997 Society of Photo-Optical Instrument ation Engineers.