Power and Energy Storage Requirements for Ship Integration of Solid-State Lasers on Naval Platforms

Abstract

The United States Navys interest in high-energy lasers (HELs) dictates the need for further study into the propagation of laser light through different atmospheric conditions. Due to the amount of energy required to power these laser weapons systems and the limited amount of available energy onboard ships, different energy storage systems need to be explored. For this research, two locations were studied: the coast of Cuba and the coast of Russia. These two locations were studied during moderate winter conditions for varying laser output power: 150 kW, 500kW, and 1 MW. The laser performance code ANCHOR was used to estimate the number of successful HEL engagements that can proceed against a certain target using various configurations of energy storage as the laser output power is varied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026860

Entities

People

  • Josphua H. Valiani

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Power
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Weapons
  • Lasers
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Storage
  • Temperature Gradients
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy