Advanced Phase Array Chemical Energy (APACHE) Laser Program; Final Report, Volume 2

Abstract

Volume II of the final report for the Advanced Phased Array Chemical High Energy (APACHE) laser program presents system engineering which specifies requirements, formulates concept- ual designs and performs systems effectiveness analyses for phase conjugate space-based lasers (SBLs). The primary thrust of the systems engineering effort was the formulation of a conceptual design for an APACHE SBL based on the results of detailed modeling, simulation and analysis. The APACHE program also addressed the effectiveness of phase conjugated SBL systems, comparing "conventional" SBLs using active adaptive optics for wavefront correction with phase conjugate SBLs using passive means to both correct wave- fronts as well as combine beams from multiple devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 19, 1990
Accession Number
ADA344577

Entities

People

  • B. Bendow
  • D. Dee
  • G. Koop

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Optics
  • Systems Engineering
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space