Beam Combining and Atmospheric Propagation of High Power Lasers
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Atmospheric Propagation and Combining of High-Power Lasers
In this paper we analyze the beam combining and atmospheric propagation of high-power lasers for directed-energy (DE) applications. The large linewidths inherent in high-power fiber, and to a lesser extent, slab lasers cause random phase and intensity fluctuations occurring on subnanosecond time scales. To coherently combine these high-power lasers would involve instruments capable of precise p...
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