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Apparatus for incoherent combining of high power lasers for long-range directed-energy applications

US7970040B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

Phillip A. Sprangle · Great Falls, US
Joseph R. Penano · Fairfax Station, US
Bahman Hafizi · Bethesda, US
Antonio C. Ting · Silver Spring, US
Richard P. Fischer · Silver Spring, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2008
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/067
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of lasers comprising a plurality of laser paths. The apparatus further includes an incoherent combining beam director in the plurality of laser paths. The apparatus also includes a plurality of optical elements in the plurality of laser paths between the plurality of lasers and the beam director.

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