Methodology for comparing worldwide performance of diverse weight-constrained high energy laser systems

Richard J. Bartell; Glen P. Perram; Steven T. Fiorino; Scott N. Long; Marken J. Houle; Christopher A. Rice; Zachary P. Manning; Dustin W. Bunch; Matthew J. Krizo; Liesebet E. Gravley

doi:10.1117/12.603384

1 June 2005 Methodology for comparing worldwide performance of diverse weight-constrained high energy laser systems

Richard J. Bartell, Glen P. Perram, Steven T. Fiorino, Scott N. Long, Marken J. Houle, Christopher A. Rice, Zachary P. Manning, Dustin W. Bunch, Matthew J. Krizo, Liesebet E. Gravley

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Proceedings Volume 5792, Laser Source and System Technology for Defense and Security; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603384
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Directed Energy has developed a software model, the High Energy Laser End-to-End Operational Simulation (HELEEOS), under the sponsorship of the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office (JTO), to facilitate worldwide comparisons across a broad range of expected engagement scenarios of expected performance of a diverse range of weight-constrained high energy laser system types. HELEEOS has been designed to meet JTO's goals of supporting a broad range of analyses applicable to the operational requirements of all the military services, constraining weapon effectiveness through accurate engineering performance assessments allowing its use as an investment strategy tool, and the establishment of trust among military leaders. HELEEOS is anchored to respected wave optics codes and all significant degradation effects, including thermal blooming and optical turbulence, are represented in the model. The model features operationally oriented performance metrics, e.g. dwell time required to achieve a prescribed probability of kill and effective range. Key features of HELEEOS include estimation of the level of uncertainty in the calculated Pk and generation of interactive nomographs to allow the user to further explore a desired parameter space. Worldwide analyses are enabled at five wavelengths via recently available databases capturing climatological, seasonal, diurnal, and geographical spatial-temporal variability in atmospheric parameters including molecular and aerosol absorption and scattering profiles and optical turbulence strength. Examples are provided of the impact of uncertainty in weight-power relationships, coupled with operating condition variability, on results of performance comparisons between chemical and solid state lasers.

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Richard J. Bartell, Glen P. Perram, Steven T. Fiorino, Scott N. Long, Marken J. Houle, Christopher A. Rice, Zachary P. Manning, Dustin W. Bunch, Matthew J. Krizo, and Liesebet E. Gravley "Methodology for comparing worldwide performance of diverse weight-constrained high energy laser systems", Proc. SPIE 5792, Laser Source and System Technology for Defense and Security, (1 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603384

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