Test of High Power Laser Diode Protection Circuitry Designed and Built by Science Research Laboratories

Abstract

High power laser diodes have important military applications, particularly for material processing, and for pumping solid state lasers. The latter in turn can be used for neutralizing explosives, intercepting rockets, missiles, mortar shells, etc. The Joint High Power Solid State Laser program makes exclusive use of laser diode pumping. Science Research Laboratories, Inc. (SRL) has developed electronic circuitry to extend the lifetime and/or output power of high power laser diodes. Their results have reported enhancements ranging from a factor of three for continuous wave (cw) operation to ten for pulsed operation. Our primary objective was to independently verify their results. Our testing shows that the prototype device works, and that the claims are valid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494008

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey O. White
  • Robert Dibiano

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continuous Waves
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Domain Specific Programming Languages
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Military Applications
  • Models
  • Mortar Ammunition
  • Power Supplies
  • Projectiles
  • Resistance
  • Solid State Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics