Abstract
Strategic laser systems are subject to residual pointing errors
arising from vibrations and atmospheric turbulence, estimates of which
may allow improved system performance. Field data from the Air
Force Research Laboratory Floodbeam Experiments suggested a linear
relationship between the mean and standard deviation of the
shot-by-shot signals and the jitter. An ideal analytic solution and
Monte Carlo simulations confirmed this result for a relatively large
number of returns. A refined approach using statistical
χ2 techniques, which simultaneously estimates jitter and
boresight, was developed to address results from satellite passes with
relatively few returns and provides excellent jitter and boresight
predictions.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
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