System optical quality users guide. Part 1. Final report Jan-Jun 80

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5734346

Forgham, J L; Townsend, S S; Campbell, J L

This report describes the System Optical Quality (SOQ) code structure and the input to the code required for analyzing High Power Laser Optical Systems. The SOQ code provides the designer with a physical optics model of the system. The code traces the beam from its point of origin in the resonator through the optical train into the far field. This report is divided into three parts. Part 1 describes the general structure of the SOQ code and establishes a correlation between the usual optical elements encountered in the optical train/gas dynamic laser resonator and the appropriate SOQ models. Part 2 acquaints the user with the individual SOQ subroutines and their analytical formulations as manifested in Fortran within the SOQ framework. It also delineates the input required to exercise the subroutines, familiarizes the user with the operation of the SOQ model, and contains working input modules which carry the user through the usual calculations of the SOQ code from input generation to loaded cavity calculations. Part 3 contains Appendices describing SOQ updates.

• Research Organization: United Technologies Corp., West Palm Beach, FL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5734346
• Report Number(s): AD-A-103284/6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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