Research on energy characteristics of aerospace relay mirror system

Author

Chunyu Liu ; Xing Zhong ; Yongjie Piao ; Guang Jin

Author_Institution

Changchun Inst. of Opt., Fine Mech. & Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Changchun, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

894

Lastpage

896

Abstract

Aerospace Relay Mirror System (ARMS) as a new concept weapon used in reflection of High Energy Laser (HEL) in space is studied. It extends the attacking range of Ground Based Laser (GBL) weapons enormously. Relevant researches have been carried out for many years. The structures and operating theory of the entire system consists of ground-based high energy laser weapon and space-based relay mirror. The main work of this study is focused on the analysis of relay mirror energy characteristics to deduce the relationship among the attacking range of weapon and diameter of ARMS and target irradiance. Calculation examples are also given. The results proved the strong points and feasibility of ARMS theoretically further. It is summarized that more importance should be attached to ARMS development. The results given in this paper can be reference of an actual ARMS system to some extends.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; laser mirrors; military equipment; weapons; ARMS development; GBL weapon; HEL; aerospace relay mirror system; concept weapon; energy characteristics; ground based laser weapons; ground-based high energy laser weapon; high energy laser; target irradiance; Laser beams; Laser theory; Mirrors; Power lasers; Relays; Weapons; Aerospace Relay Mirror System(ARMS); Ground BasedLaser(GBL); High Energy Laser(HEL); irradiance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin, Heilongjiang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-087-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMEIT.2011.6023237

Filename

6023237