Accession Number:

AD1026559

Title:

Effects of Relative Platform and Target Motion on Propagation of High Energy Lasers

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States

Personal Author(s):

• Emir,Hayati

Report Date:

2016-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83.0

Abstract:

To facilitate the study of engagement scenarios with high energy lasers, the Directed Energy Physics Group at the Naval Postgraduate School developed a laser performance code called Atmospheric NPS Code for HEL Optical pRopagation ANCHOR. This code uses well-known analytical scaling laws and a scriptable user interface to allow the quick exploration of multi-dimensional parameter studies. Recently, a new capability was added that incorporates relative platform target motion. This study demonstrates this new capability, and compares ANCHOR results with those obtained with the full diffraction code built into WaveTrain.

Descriptors:

• High energy lasers
• Directed energy weapons
• Velocity

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Directed Energy Weapons

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE