The Navy's high-energy laser weapon system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2988, Issue , 1997, Pages 264-271

  Cook, Joung R ^a   Albertine, John R ^a  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; Free Electron Laser (FEL); High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS); Less than lethal warfare; Littoral warfare; MIRACL; Ship self defense; Thermal blooming; Weapon performance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL LASERS; ELECTRONS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER CHEMISTRY; LASERS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SHIPS; THERMAL BLOOMING; WARSHIPS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; LESS THAN LETHAL WARFARE; LITTORAL WARFARE; MIRACL; WEAPON PERFORMANCE;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0348021230     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274390     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. 3 thousand dollars per second of full power lasing. 3 to 5 second lasing per engagement were assumed.
2. LOWTRAN7 runs with NAM, RH = 75%, Visibility = 25.6km, ICSTL = 6, Vx = 6m/s, and T = 70°F
3. MODTRAN2 runs with NAM, RH = 75%, Visibility = 36.1km, ICSTL = 1, Vx = 10m/s, and T = 70°F
4. FASCODE3 runs based on NAM and HITRAN 1996
5. Visibility: 2% contrast at λ = 0.54μ. It does not necessarily represent a human perception
6. crit = laser power which produces the maximum far field intensity. Nonlinear effects of thermal blooming will dominate beyond this power level resulting in a lower intensity. It is dependent on the laser wavelength, crosswind profile and atmospheric conditions within the propagation path.
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