Electric Discharge Coaxial Laser Power Measurement
Arnold Augustoni · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1986
This report presents a theoretical and empirical treatment of the power-measuring techniques used in determining the output power of the Electric Discharge Coaxial Laser (EDCL). Errors in power measurement associated with the diagnostic beam splitter were investigated. These areas included errors associated with the removal of the beam splitter for storage overnight and the repositioning of the beam splitter the following day, and the introduction of possible errors as a result of interference between the beams reflected from the front and rear surfaces of the beam splitter.