Wave-optic model to determine image quality through supersonic boundary and mixing layers

Shelah M. Lawson; Rodney L. Clark; Michele Ruggiero Banish; Randy F. Crouse

doi:10.1117/12.45808

1 September 1991 Wave-optic model to determine image quality through supersonic boundary and mixing layers

Shelah M. Lawson, Rodney L. Clark, Michele Ruggiero Banish, Randy F. Crouse

Proceedings Volume 1488, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45808
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Technological advancements in the field of mixing layer theory have allowed the design and subsequent construction of a Table Top Simulator of Aero-Optic Effects. This experimental facility simulates the supersonic boundary and mixing layers formed by the window coolant gas of an optically guided hypersonic vehicle. This paper discusses the foundations of wave-optic theory applied to model the propagation of optical radiation through such flow. The focus of the calculations is to determine performance quality parameters such as Strehl ratio, jitter, 50 percent contained energy diameter and boresight error. These quality measures will drive the performance requirements of the optical system and focal plane array of the seeker. Comparisons are made between wave-optic model results and actual aero-optic data collected from the Table Top experiment.

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Shelah M. Lawson, Rodney L. Clark, Michele Ruggiero Banish, and Randy F. Crouse "Wave-optic model to determine image quality through supersonic boundary and mixing layers", Proc. SPIE 1488, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing II, (1 September 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45808

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