Open AccessHigh-power lasers for directed-energy applications: reply
Author(s) -
P. Sprangle,
B. Hafizi,
A. Ting,
R. P. Fischer,
Christophér C. Davis,
William H. Nelson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0003-6935
DOI - 10.1364/ao.56.004825
Subject(s) - optics , laser , power (physics) , energy (signal processing) , materials science , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics
The comment by Vorontsov and Weyrauch [Appl. Opt.55, 9950 (2016)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.55.009950] is aimed at rebutting the critiques in Sprangle et al. [Appl. Opt.54, F201 (2015)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.54.00F201] and Nelson et al. [Appl. Opt.55, 1757 (2016)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.55.001757]. In the comment, Vorontsov and colleagues describe their experiments aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of coherent combining of lasers on a distant target, using relatively low-power lasers and a cooperative retro-reflective target. The Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated the capability to project high power on a distant target by making use of an incoherent combining architecture. The proof-of-concept experiments were performed in a realistic environment without employing cooperative targets and without sophisticated adaptive optics instrumentation.