Phase II year
2013
(last award dollars: 2016)
Phase II Amount
$1,731,866
Optical Physics Company (OPC) has developed a turbulence-compensated USPL system which can propagate and control USPL pulses in tactically relevant scenarios. This design substantially mitigates the disruptive influence of turbulence and includes two independent methods for controlling the precise range of filamentation. The adaptive optic correction and the filamentation control are both closed loop, and can correct for variations in temperature, pressure, and water vapor along the path.
Keywords: Adaptive Optics, Pulsed Laser, Femtosec Laser, Ultra Short Pulsed Laser (Uspl)