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Accession Number:
AD1046505
Title:
Integration of Adaptive Optics into High Energy Laser Modeling and Simulation
Corporate Author:
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States
Report Date:
2017-06-01
Abstract:
We investigate the corrective effect of adaptive optics AO on High Energy Laser HEL beam propagation through atmospheric turbulence. The effect of adaptive optics systems was first integrated into a laser propagation scaling code, ANCHOR, that was developed within the Direct Energy DE research group at the Naval Postgraduate School NPS. Using a host of plausible input parameters, we then compare the estimated target irradiance increase accomplished by various adaptive optics systems. In various cases, adaptive optics is shown to substantially increase the effective range of HELs.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report,01 Dec 2016,01 Jun 2017
Pages:
0071
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
4.44MB
