Laser System for Space Control and Protection

This topic addresses the development of a phase conjugating laser system that is capable of neutralizing a surveillance or optical communication target system in space, air, or on the ground. The target system can be jammed using multiple wavelengths in-band to the passive sensors of the ground system using a conjugating laser system to deny the ground system to passively track the space craft. The main aim of the project is to develop physical principles of jamming based on optical phase conjugation, to build and test experimentally key parts of a prototype system: an amplifier providing gain of 10^7, low-threshold phase conjugation mirror, transceivers for generation of different wavelengths with amplification of a fixed wavelength.