title: Off-axis detection and characterization of laser beams in the maritime atmosphere.
abstract: Remote detection and characterization of laser beams propagating in maritime atmospheres is discussed. A model for off-axis scattered laser light based on Mie scattering from maritime aerosols is presented and compared with angle and time-resolved measurements from a pulsed laser source. We demonstrate that the direction of the source can be determined from the angle-resolved intensity and that the beam direction can be determined from arrival times of the scattered signals if the position of the laser source is known.
authors.affiliation: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California 92152, USA. hansonfe@spawar.navy.mil
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Ike
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bendall
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deckard
authors.forename: Hiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haidar