Experimental observations of thermal-blooming compensation using a deformable-mirror system. Project report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7251501
A laboratory experiment has demonstrated the effectiveness of compensating for forced-convection-dominated CW thermal blooming by using a deformable mirror to add phase corrections to the laser beam. In agreement with theoretical predictions, the peak focal-plane irradiance has been increased by a factor of 3 under severely bloomed conditions.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Lexington (USA). Lincoln Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 7251501
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-019465; LTP-30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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