Progress Report Number 2 for Contract Number N00014-93-C-0051, April 16 thru May 15, 1993

Abstract

Substantial experimental progress has been made, in the second month of the project, in setting up equipment and testing for producing chaotic behavior with a CO2 laser. The project goal is to synchronize and control chaos in CO2 and other lasers, and thereby increase the power in ensembles of coupled laser sources. Weekly Coordination Meetings of the project team have been held. These meeting have been well attended by the project members. Significant technical discussions regarding approaches to the data analysis and theoretical analysis have occurred. The successful experimental results described later have provided stimulus regarding theoretical considerations. Analysis of the chaotic regime, in detail, is awaiting the next set of experiments, with additional care to be taken in recording data for subsequent analysis. A second CO2 laser is in the initial stages of assembly. Initial checkout of components indicates a working system should result.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 26, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265458

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Delay Lines
  • Detectors
  • Feedback
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Modulation
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Optoelectronic Feedback
  • Spectra
  • Spectrum Analyzers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy