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We present the experimental results of studying the possibility of compensating the misalignment of the axes of a laser beam, focused in an aerosol volume, and a receiving telescope from the shift of an image formed by a laser beam backscattered by aerosol particles of 0.5–0.6 μm. It is shown that the compensation can be carried out accurate to a few microradians via control of the position of the intensity distribution centroid of the image of the beam formed by the scattering volume.
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Original Russian Text © R.Sh. Tsvyk, V.M. Sazanovich, A.N. Shesternin, 2012, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Tsvyk, R.S., Sazanovich, V.M. & Shesternin, A.N. Laser beam pointing based on the backscattered aerosol beam. A model experiment. Atmos Ocean Opt 25, 236–241 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856012030104
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