Remote Active Spectrometer

J. V. Cernius; D. A. Elser; J. Fox

doi:10.1117/12.951876

25 July 1989 Remote Active Spectrometer

J. V. Cernius, D. A. Elser, J. Fox

Proceedings Volume 1062, Laser Applications in Meteorology and Earth and Atmospheric Remote Sensing; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951876
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The Remote Active Spectrometer is a compact, lightweight sensor designed to demonstrate remote detection of chemical vapors. A prototype model was developed by Hughes Aircraft Company for the U.S. Army's Center For Night Vision and Electro-Optics, and the Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center. The Remote Active Spectrometer is comprised of four, frequency agile, CO₂ laser transmitters (each operating at a rate of 10 hertz), optics for transmission, pointing, reception, and calibration, and detectors and electronics for information processing and recording. To provide a visual record of the scene observed a TV Sensor is integrated with the system. In this paper the Remote Active spectrometer is described, and its performance in the field discussed.

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J. V. Cernius, D. A. Elser, and J. Fox "Remote Active Spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 1062, Laser Applications in Meteorology and Earth and Atmospheric Remote Sensing, (25 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951876

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