Equipment complex and method for aiming laser beams at specified target points

Belkov, S.A., Venzel, V.I., Kalashnikov, E.V., Solomatin, I.I., Charukhchev, A.V., Andramanov, A.V., Gaganov, V.E., Milovidov, V.S.

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Бельков С.А., Вензель В.И., Калашников Е.В., Соломатин И.И., Чарухчев А.В., Андраманов А.В., Гаганов В.Е., Миловидов В.С. Комплекс оборудования и способ наведения лазерных пучков в заданные точки мишени // Оптический журнал. 2019. Т. 86. № 8. С. 76–82. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-08-76-82

Belkov S.A., Venzel V.I., Kalashnikov E.V., Solomatin I.I., Charukhchev A.V., Andramanov A.V., Gaganov V.E., Milovidov V.S. Equipment complex and method for aiming laser beams at specified target points [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2019. V. 86. № 8. P. 76–82. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2019-86-08-76-82

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. A. Bel’kov, V. I. Venzel’, E. V. Kalashnikov, I. I. Solomatin, A. V. Charukhchev, A. V. Andramanov, V. E. Gaganov, and V. S. Milovidov, "Equipment complex and method for aiming laser beams at specified target points," Journal of Optical Technology. 86(8), 521-526 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.86.000521

Abstract:

We describe a technique for automatic alignment and targeting of laser beams on a specific point in space using the simulated cubical targets typically used for focusing and targeting of laser light in a multiple beamline laser facility where the target is illuminated in cubical symmetry for high-temperature plasma physics research. We describe the targeting system and the steps for targeting and focusing laser beams at specific points in the target chamber, as well as a method for measuring the length of an arbitrary line segment on a distant object from an image on a display, and an experimental estimate of the accuracy of such measurements on a test object—the edge of the simulated cubical target.

Keywords:

target chamber, 3D mark, autocollimation channel, laser facility, simulated cubical target, automatic alignment

OCIS codes: 120.4820

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