Accession Number:

ADD014595

Title:

Laser Beam Stop.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 13 May 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Thompson, Richard B.

Report Date:

1990-05-13

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

A laser beam stop is constructed having a uniquely designed cell filled with a solution or suspensions of an absorbing species chosen to absorb the wavelength of light emitted by the laser. The position and strength of the laser beam are indicated by the strength and depth of penetration of the fluorescence excited by the laser. Patent application. jhd

Descriptors:

• *LASER BEAMS
• *PATENT APPLICATIONS
• *STOPPING
• LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE
• RADIATION ABSORPTION

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE