Wavefront Tilt And Beam Walk Correction For A Pulsed Laser System

Mike Bartosewcz; Joe Tyburski

doi:10.1117/12.976188

12 May 1986 Wavefront Tilt And Beam Walk Correction For A Pulsed Laser System

Mike Bartosewcz, Joe Tyburski

Proceedings Volume 0608, Optical Alignment III; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976188
Event: O-E/LASE'86 Symposium, 1986, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The Lockheed Beam Alignment Assembly (BAA) is designed to be a space qualifiable, long life, low bandwidth beam stabilization system. The BAA will stabilize a wandering pulsed laser beam with an input beam tilt of ±750 microradians and translation of ±2.5 mm by two orders of magnitude at the bandwidth of interest. A bandwidth of three hertz was selected to remove laser and optical train thermal drifts and launch induced strain effects. The lambda over twenty RMS wavefront will be maintained in the optics at full power under vacuum test, to demonstrate space qualifiability and optical performance.

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Mike Bartosewcz and Joe Tyburski "Wavefront Tilt And Beam Walk Correction For A Pulsed Laser System", Proc. SPIE 0608, Optical Alignment III, (12 May 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976188

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