Print Email Facebook Twitter Laser pointing in the vicinity of jet engine plumes Title Laser pointing in the vicinity of jet engine plumes Author Schleijpen, H.M.A. TNO Defensie en Veiligheid Contributor Titterton, D.H. (editor) Richardson, M.A. (editor) Publication year 2009 Abstract Target tracking and laser-based pointing from airborne platforms can be degraded significantly by the propagation environment around an airborne platform including zones of severe turbulence generated by rotor downwash and engine exhausts. This is the topic of the EDA study group ERG 108.019 on "Laser beam propagation and imaging through severe environments". This paper reports on experiments on optical propagation in the vicinity of a plume of a scaled down jet engine, performed by this co-operation group. The group is also working on methods for estimating the extent of the turbulence effects on the tracking and pointing performance under these conditions. © 2009 SPIE. Subject PhysicsExhaust plumesLaser beamsAtmospheric transmissionAtmospheric turbulenceTarget trackingLaser pointing (guidance) To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3451a413-6905-4452-9129-13fc672b627c DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834918 TNO identifier 248205 Report number SPIE 7483 Publisher SPIE, Bellingham, WA ISBN 9780819477897 ISSN 0277-786X Source Technologies for Optical Countermeasures VI, 31 August -1 September 2009, Berlin. Germany Series Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Article number 74830E Document type conference paper Files To receive the publication files, please send an e-mail request to TNO Library.