A Minicomputer-Controlled Diagnostic And Display System For High-Energy Lasers

Ronald L. Johnson; J. Thomas Lewis; Tillman B. Smith; J. Karl Flemister

doi:10.1117/12.956232

17 August 1978 A Minicomputer-Controlled Diagnostic And Display System For High-Energy Lasers

Ronald L. Johnson, J. Thomas Lewis, Tillman B. Smith, J. Karl Flemister

Proceedings Volume 0138, Advances in Laser Technology III: Emphasizing Gaseous Lasers; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956232
Event: 1978 Technical Symposium East, 1978, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

Typically, for a high energy laser experimental program numerous parameters such as power, irradiance, phase, etc. must be measured in order to adequately characterize the system performance. Correlation between effect and cause in a timely manner becomes very important in minimizing experimental effort. To this end, an on-line minicomputer controlled measuring system was developed. The interfaces to this system necessary to accommodate a wide variety of instruments (i. e. , calorimeters, IR cameras, spectrometers, etc. ) for a specific experiment are few, with most additions only requiring a software change. Some system features discussed include: time indexing of data f or search, retrieval and correlation; real time data acquisition and control of diagnostic instruments; graphical display capabilities such as isometric and contour beam intensity plots, beam jitter, etc. ; and software capabilities such as cross and auto-correlations, fast Fourier transforms, and signal averaging.

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Ronald L. Johnson, J. Thomas Lewis, Tillman B. Smith, and J. Karl Flemister "A Minicomputer-Controlled Diagnostic And Display System For High-Energy Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0138, Advances in Laser Technology III: Emphasizing Gaseous Lasers, (17 August 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956232

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