A device for physical modeling of laser ranging processes has been developed, taking into account aerosol interference phenomena of natural and artificial origin and active background illumination. The installation simulates the processes of object detection and recognition by a laser information-measuring system (LIMS) under conditions of external destabilizing factors and obstacles in the atmospheric channel.

A technique for research the spatial structures of the condensed phase grains in heterogeneous smoky plasma by determining the laser scattering indicatrix modulated with a frequency of 60 kHz in three spectral intervals was developed. An experimental stand was created to register the laser scattering indicatrix on the wavelengths of 808 nm, 630 nm and 532 nm in the scattering angles range from 0 to 170º with a measurement time of 3 seconds. A program of registration and processing of measurement results on a computer has been developed. Tests of the experimental complex on the flame of metalized fuel compositions were carried out.