Laser power beaming for defense and security applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8045, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nugent Jr , Thomas J ^a   Kare, Jordin T ^a  

^a LaserMotive   (United States)

Author keywords

laser; power beaming; UAV; wireless power

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; COMMUNICATIONS RELAY; ELECTRIC POWER; LASER POWER BEAMING; POWER BEAMING; POWER LEVELS; SECURITY APPLICATION; WIRELESS POWER;

LASERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 80053048872     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.886169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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