Effect of atmospheric factors on the delivery of repetitively-pulsed CO2-laser radiation energy along paths in the surface layer of the atmosphere

Authors
Ageichik, AA Kotyaev, OG Okulov, VL Rezunkov, YA Osipov, VM Savel'eva, VP Snezhkov, GY Safronov, AL Stepanov, VV Belousova, IM Goryachkin, DA Irtuganov, VM Dimakov, SA Kalinin, VP Kozlovskaya, IM Leonov, SN Romanov, NA Sherstobitov, VE
Citation
Aa. Ageichik et al., Effect of atmospheric factors on the delivery of repetitively-pulsed CO2-laser radiation energy along paths in the surface layer of the atmosphere, J OPT TECH, 66(11), 1999, pp. 931-938
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
10709762 → ACNP
Volume
66
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
931 - 938
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-9762(199911)66:11<931:EOAFOT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
results of experimental investigations of the transport of radiation from a repetitively-pulsed CO2 laser with output power up to 35 kW along real atm ospheric paths, up to 3 km long, under various seasonal and weather conditi ons are presented. The dependences of the transmittance of pulsed laser rad iation and the coefficient of delivery of radiation onto a small detecting aperture on the atmospheric characteristics are presented. The effect of at mospheric turbulence on the effective delivery of CO2-laser radiation under the experimental conditions is analyzed. (C) 1999 The Optical Society of A merica. [S1070-9762(99)00211-0].