OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 24, issue 12, article # 5
Tsvyk R. Sh., Sazanovich V. M., Shesternin A. N. Pointing of a laser beam based on laser beam aerosol backscattering. Modeling experiment. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2011. V. 24. No. 12. P. 1056-1060 [in Russian].Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
The experimental results of study of a possibility of the laser beam pointing based on laser beam backscattered radiation, received by the telescope, are presented. As a pointing control signal the displacements of the energy centroid of the image of the aerosol scattering volume, formed by a laser beam, are used. The experiments were performed in the aerosol chamber with artificial aerosol of 0.5-0.6 m in size. It is shown that the laser beam pointing by such a way is possible within accuracy of a few mikroradians.
Keywords:
laser beam, aerosol backscattering, misalignment of optical axes