High Power Laser Propagation Through A Structured Environment

Thomas Goldring; Lawrence Carlson; Peter Ulrich

doi:10.1117/12.943871

8 April 1988 High Power Laser Propagation Through A Structured Environment

Thomas Goldring, Lawrence Carlson, Peter Ulrich

Proceedings Volume 0874, Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation, Beam Combining, and Atmospheric Propagation; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943871
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A wave optics computer code developed for studying high energy laser propagation in the atmosphere for tactical and, more recently, for strategic applications has been converted to include the physics of the interaction of the light beam with the special environment anticipated to be encountered in a strategic scenario. Results showing beam quality after passage through plumes of various types will be presented along with a brief discussion of the mechanism for calculation and the underlying physics and assumptions used.

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Thomas Goldring, Lawrence Carlson, and Peter Ulrich "High Power Laser Propagation Through A Structured Environment", Proc. SPIE 0874, Nonlinear Optical Beam Manipulation, Beam Combining, and Atmospheric Propagation, (8 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943871

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