Atmospheric Effects On Laser Light

POSTER

Abstract

HELEEOS (High Energy Laser End-to-End Operational Simulation) was developed by the Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Directed Energy. HELEEOS simulates how the presence of aerosols affects a beam of laser light propagating though the atmosphere. We worked to improve HELEEOS by giving it the additional capability to simulate how clouds, fog, and rain affect the propagation of laser light. HELEEOS simulates how these disturbances affect laser light by using Mie scattering theory to calculate the extinction, scattering, and absorption coefficients. The cloud, fog, and rain calculations have been successfully incorporated into HELEEOS. We also endeavored to calculate how much laser light is scattered in a particular direction. This work has not been incorporated into HELEEOS, but it will be used as a starting point for further research.

Authors

  • Debra Cox

    Ohio Northern University

  • Vishal Pandya

    Plasma Dynamics Corp., Department of Chemistry, University of Calabria, P. Bucci-15c, 87036 Rende (CS), ITALY, Air Force Institute of Technology, Gothenburg University, Sweden, Denison University, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics, John Carroll University, Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Department of Phyiscs, The University of Akron, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Kent State University, Kent OH, University of Iowa, Physics Dept., Cleveland State University, Ohio State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, The Ohio State University, University of Akron, NASA Glenn Research Center, National Center For Space Exploration Research, Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Physics, Kent State University