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Description: Optical seekers employed by surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles are a threat to both military and commercial aircraft and surface ships. The use of ultra-short pulse lasers to disable the sensors and seekers of these threat missiles is an emerging technology that has the potential to provide effective defensive countermeasures against these threats. This effort addresses the effects of ultra-short laser pulses on components of imaging (focal plane) and non-imaging (reticule) based optical seekers. The extremely high peak intensities generated by ultra-short pulse lasers have been used in micro-machining applications. These same processes can be used to disable or damage sensitive electronic/optical components employed by missile seekers; this causes the missile to lose lock on the target.
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$971 |
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Private Educational Institution |
State College,
PA
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Citation
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Source:
Appropriations Report Language - Conference
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Reference:
108-622
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Location:
Line 54, Page 296
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Citation Excerpt: Application of Novel Laser Systems on Optical Seekers
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