Explosively pumped laser light

Patent · 31 December 1990

OSTI ID:868000

Piltch, Martin S ^[1]; Michelotti, Roy A ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

A single shot laser pumped by detonation of an explosive in a shell casing. The shock wave from detonation of the explosive causes a rare gas to luminesce. The high intensity light from the gas enters a lasing medium, which thereafter outputs a pulse of laser light to disable optical sensors and personnel.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5052011
• OSTI ID: 868000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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