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    Laser Tests at Dahlgren Measure Optical Effects That Make Stars Twinkle [Image 1 of 4]

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    Laser Tests at Dahlgren Measure Optical Effects That Make Stars Twinkle

    DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    06.22.2020

    Photo by Stacia Courtney 

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

    DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientists Kayla Frye and Dr. Chris Brown prepare a weather balloon sounding for tests in support of a collaborative research project combining the Navy’s next-generation laser weapons with maritime environmental challenges. Frye and Brown conducted the tests to measure for optical turbulence. Dr. Evan Bates - an NSWCDD systems engineer who leads the High Energy Laser Measurement Support Laboratory - hopes to take the instruments used for optical turbulence measurements and incorporate them into shipboard lasers in the future. “You want to be able to get a real-time measurement with a single-ended system, because if we can get that we can look at the environment and evaluate the atmospheric effects on laser transmission to the target," said Bates. "That’s the end goal of optical turbulence instrumentation.”

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    Date Taken: 06.22.2020
    Date Posted: 10.06.2020 14:20
    Photo ID: 6381740
    VIRIN: 200622-N-DE005-005
    Resolution: 806x943
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    Location: DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA, US

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