A description of the lunar ranging station at McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory lunar ranging station including telescope matching optics, guiding, timing equipment, pulsed ruby laser system and calibration procedures
Currie, D. G.↗
Engineering topics
Currie, D. G.
Publications and source records attributed to Currie, D. G..
Far-field diffraction pattern for corner reflectors with complex reflection coefficients
Far field diffraction pattern of corner reflector for normally incident monochromatic light, considering polarization characteristics
Alley, C. O.↗
Laser ranging retroreflector
Laser ranging retroreflector deployed on lunar surface to study lunar librations for defining precisely lunar orbits and studying earth planetary structure - Apollo 14 flight
Alley, C. O.↗
Preliminary results of laser ranging to a reflector on the lunar surface
Laser ranging to retroreflector array placed on lunar surface during Apollo 11 mission
Alley, C. O.↗
Preliminary results of laser ranging to a reflector on the lunar surface
Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment /LURE/ for range measurements from earth to lunar surface
Alley, C. O.↗
The far field diffraction pattern for corner reflectors with complex reflection coefficients
The far field diffraction pattern of a geometrically perfect corner reflector is examined analytically for normally incident monochromatic light. The states of polarization and the complex amplitudes of the emerging light are expressed through transformation matrices in terms of those of the original incident light for each sextant of the face in a single coordinate system. The analytic expression of the total diffraction pattern is obtained for a circular face. This expression consists of three component functions in addition to the basic Airy function. The coefficient of each function is expressed in terms of complex coefficients of reflectance of the reflecting surface. Some numerical results for different reflecting surfaces, including total internal reflection, are presented. The iso-intensity contours of the diffraction pattern evaluated from the analytical expressions for an uncoated solid corner reflector are also presented along with the photographs of the pattern.
Chang, R. F.↗
Apollo 11 laser ranging retro-reflector - Initial measurements from the McDonald Observatory
Apollo 11 laser ranging retro reflector measurements from McDonald Observatory confirming thermal design analysis performance prediction
Alley, C. O.↗
Laser ranging to optical retro-reflectors on the moon
Accuracy of laser ranging to optical reflectors on lunar surface
Alley, C. O.↗
Laser beam pointing tests
Laser beam pointing tests using Surveyor vidicon camera for future point to point communication systems
Alley, C. O.↗
Laser beam pointing tests
Laser beam pointing tests for lunar communication and rangefinding and tracking using Surveyor 7 vidicon camera
Alley, C. O.↗
Laser beam pointing tests
Argon-ion laser beam for pinpointing specific locations on lunar surface by using detection sensitivity of Surveyor 7 vidicon camera operating in integration mode
Alley, C. O.↗
Polarization and absorption effects on the Fraunhofer diffraction patterns of a corner reflector
Polarization and absorption effects on Fraunhofer diffraction patterns of corner reflector
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