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Excel Spreadsheet Tools

Optical Path Distortion of Aircraft Turbulant Boundary Layers

Sensitivity Analysis for Avalanche Photodiodes

Bit Error Rate vs Signal to Noise Ratio

Closed Form Solution of the Three Mirror Anastigmatic Telescope

Sensitivity Analysis for a StarTracker of the Concentric Optics Kind

Calculation for the Edlen Refractivity of Air at Variable Conditions

Calculation of the Enclosed Energy for an Obscured Circular Aperture

Calculation of the Accuracy of a Hartmann Wavefront Sensor vs Signal to Noise Ratio

Conversion Table for Various Units of Luminance

Signal to Noise Ratio for a Laser Radar Imager

Signal to Noise Ratio for a Laser Radar Ranger

A Limited Table of Material Properties

Modulation Transfer Function for an Obscured Circular Aperture

Optical Path Distortion and Strehl Ratio for a Segmented Mirror

Optical Path Distortion and Strehl Ratio for Line of Sight Jitter

Optimized Truncation Ratio for a Gaussian Beam

Polarized Reflectance at a Material Interface

Probability of Detection for an Avalanche Diode in Geiger Mode

Angular Detection Accuracy for a Quadrant Detector

Typical Equilibrium Temperature for Satellites

Radiance Data for a SCUD Missile (Kerosene Fuel)

Trajectory Data for a SCUD Missile

SGP4 Satellite Orbit Propogation Model

Another Presentation of the SGP4 Satellite Orbit Propogation Model

Optical Communication Links Fade and Surge Statistics Due to Turbulence

Space to Ground Ku Band Link Budget

Sun Position Calculator

Target Detection and Recognition Criteria