COMPACT HIGH POWER LASERS FOR MODERN DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPACT, HIGH ENERGY DENSITY, HIGH POWER (AND POTENTIALLY C.W.) LASER SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF PROPAGATING THROUGH BOTH AIR AND WATER COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR NEXT GENERATION TACTICAL NAVAL SYSTEMS. APPLICATIONS IN OTHER DEFENSE AREAS AS WELL AS A HOST OF COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS. WE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE A DETAILED PLAN AND DESIGN OF SPECIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN PHASE I AND TO BUILD AND CARRY OUT IN PHASE II SCALABLE LASER EXPERIMENTS TO DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE FOR THESE COMPACT HIGH ENERGY DENSITY LASING SYSTEMS.