Investigation of 10.6 Micron Propagation Phenomena

Abstract : Progress is reported on the construction and testing of apparatus and the development of computer software for experiments in imaging and image restoration at 10.6 microns. The initial experiment involves recording, in digital format, the atmospherically degraded images of a pair of point sources with subsequent computer processing for image restoration and determination of isoplanatic patch size for various atmospheric conditions. Recent additions to the experimental equipment are described and samples of images recorded and reproduced via the Miller code digital magnetic tape recording system are presented.