High performance military laser range finder
Abstract
A high-power and high-repetition-frequency military laser range finder based on a Nd:YAG Q-switched laser pumped by a Xenon flash lamp is presented. The laser range finder has an emitted power of 20-30 MW (with a pulselength of 8-10 ns), a beam divergence of 2.2-2.5 mrad, a repetition rate of 15 Hz, and a minimum detectable power of 20 nW. Although the range finder is designed for anti-aircraft fire control systems, its possible applications can include air-ground attack range finding with some modifications and various civilian applications requiring high power infrared laser pulses.
- Publication:
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IN: Electro-Optics/Laser International '82 UK; Proceedings of the Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982eol..conf..209Z
- Keywords:
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- Fire Control;
- High Power Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Range Finders;
- Q Switched Lasers;
- Yag Lasers;
- Air Defense;
- Antiaircraft Missiles;
- Laser Outputs;
- Military Technology;
- Missile Launchers;
- Pulse Rate;
- Lasers and Masers