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Back Adaptive Optics Control for Strong Turbulence

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s) Kim, Jae-Jun
Sponsor Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force)
Summary Performance of high energy laser propagation degrades significantly due to the turbulence in the earth’s atmosphere and other aero-optical effects. Under strong turbulence, propagating laser beam will exhibit scintillation, beam break up, beam spread, and intensity dropouts (branch points). The performance of conventional adaptive optics for compensation of turbulence is limited under the strong turbulence conditions. The objective of the project is to develop a laboratory testbed and demonstrate a new adaptive optics control method for strong turbulence developed at the Naval Postgraduate School. This laboratory study will determine the effectiveness of the adaptive optics control method for compensation of strong atmospheric turbulence and aero-optic effects.
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