CASS electro-optic console laser testing

Abstract

The majority of laser target designators in the current military inventory are 1.064- mu m, Q-switched, Nd:YAG laser transmitters. In addition to its capabilities for forward looking infrared (FLIR) and camera testing, the consolidated automated support system (CASS) electrooptic (EO) configuration eliminates the need for dedicated laser transmitter testers. Using state-of-the-art instrumentation, CASS has the ability to determine laser energy and far-field spatial characteristics that include alignment, peak power, pulse energy, energy distribution, beam divergence, satellite beam measurements, and pulse period. All these tests are performed under ATLAS test programming language control.<>