Rapidly deployable high power laser beam delivery system
US8654314B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H13/005
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The system includes a rotary turret platform for aiming of a high power laser beam. The system further includes a turret payload device coupled to the rotary turret platform. The system further includes an off-axis telescope coupled to the turret payload, having an articulated secondary mirror for correcting optical aberrations, and configured to reflect the high power laser beam to a target through a first of at least two conformal windows. The system further includes an illuminator beam device configured to actively illuminating the target to generate a return aberrated wavefront through the first of the at least two conformal windows. The system further includes a coarse tracker coupled to the turret payload, positioned parallel to and on an axis of revolution of the off-axis telescope, and configured to detect, acquire, and track the target through the second of the at least two conformal windows.
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