Experimental study about laser beam wander in atmosphere

ZHAO Qi; ZHONG Min; LU Bai-da

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-3806.2010.04.027

For studying the wander of laser beam through atmosphere,the propagation of a laser beam through atmosphere was studied experimentally.The wander of light spots was measured by means of CCD imaging technique.The spot wander in horizontal and vertical direction was studied and the influence of crosswind on the spot wander was analyzed.The spot wander was obtained at different time and distance.The experimental result shows that the spot wander in both the directions can reach unanimity gradually with the increasing distances.

Experimental study about laser beam wander in atmosphere

Corresponding author: LU Bai-da, baidalu@tom.com

1. Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China;

2. Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu 610041, China

Received Date: 2009-06-11

Accepted Date: 2009-07-21

Available Online: 2010-07-25

Abstract: For studying the wander of laser beam through atmosphere,the propagation of a laser beam through atmosphere was studied experimentally.The wander of light spots was measured by means of CCD imaging technique.The spot wander in horizontal and vertical direction was studied and the influence of crosswind on the spot wander was analyzed.The spot wander was obtained at different time and distance.The experimental result shows that the spot wander in both the directions can reach unanimity gradually with the increasing distances.

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Experimental study about laser beam wander in atmosphere

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