AAWSAP DIRD, State of the Art and Evolution of High-Energy Lasers, March 2010

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Figure 7. Incoherent Combination of Single Mode Lasers in a Fiber Combiner ....... 9
Figure 8. Free-Electron Laser Wiggler .................................................................. 11
Figure 9. Elements of the 2 kW FEL at Thomas Jeffereson National Accelerator
Facility .................................................................................................. 12
Figure 10. HEL Weapon Basic Tracking and Pointion Controls .............................. 14
Figure 11. Sealite Beam Director ......................................................................... 14
Figure 12. Typical Atmospheric Absorption and Scattering in the Infrared .......... 16
Figure 13. Army Mobile Tactical Unit .................................................................... 17
Figure 14. Air Force Airborne Laser Laboratory .................................................... 17
Figure 15. Mid-Infared Advanced Chemical Laser................................................. 18
Figure 16. MDA Airborne Laser in a Boeing 747-400F .......................................... 19
Figure 17. The Advanced Tactical Laser C-130 Aircraft......................................... 20
Figure 18. Single Pulse Maximum Permissible Exposure ...................................... 22
Tables
Table 1. Laser Systems Irradiance Calculations ................................................... 25
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