By National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Army Science and Technology, Committee on Directed Energy Technology for Countering Indirect Weapons
The us military is seeking how one can safeguard opposed to missile and mortar assaults. during this publication, the nationwide learn Council assesses a plan to create a a hundred kW cellular, solid-state, laser weapon which can shield a space numerous kilometers in diameter. The NRC presents numerous options as pointed out under. A a hundred kW Laser is of restricted price, so the program's objective will be a four hundred kW weapon. the military may still continue with this system in phases, focusing first on a rugged moveable platform for the weapon utilizing latest 25 kW laser know-how, then directing assets towards 100kW and four hundred kW weapons.The military should still practice a close, quantitative examine of the effectiveness of a excessive power, solid-state laser weapon opposed to destiny threats. the military should still proceed to take part in U.S.-based and overseas study on high-energy lasers and similar apparatus. The committee came across gigantic advantages for the Army's solid-state laser software from different courses outdoors the military. the military should still behavior risk-assessments that examine the results excessive power laser can have on different airborne systems within the area of the objective. the military may still research eye defense for either the operators of the laser and for civilians. the result of those reviews can be built-in into the advance of the weapon.
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Rackham School of Graduate Studies, where he oversees the graduate portfolio of 30 departments in engineering, the physical sciences, and mathe matics. Professor Gallimore is also on the faculty of the applied physics program at the University of Michigan, is the director of the NASA-funded Michigan Space Grant Consortium, and is project director of the NSF-funded Michigan AGEP Alliance. S. A. D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Princeton University. His primary research interests include electric propulsion, plasma diagnostics, space/reentry plasma simulation, and nanoparticle physics.
His research interest is the effects of growth morphology and interfacial strain on the electronic band structure and stoichiometry of epitaxially grown, compound semiconductors using surface-sensitive techniques such as UPS and SIMS. In particular, he has explored the mechanisms responsible for 18 APPENDIX A the segregation of indium in indium-based alloys and their subsequent effect on the performance of integrated optoelectronic device structures. He has exploited advances in microfabrication techniques to design and fabricate novel micro electronic and photonic device structures such as the negative electron affinity vacuum transistor and the freestanding quantum well.
He served on the AFSAB from 2002 to 2004. He is a member of the National Ignition Facility advisory committee at LLNL, a member of the scientific advisory committee for the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, and a past chair of the external advisory board for the Center for Adaptive Optics, Santa Cruz. Dr. Byer was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1987 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2000. Gregory H. Canavan is a senior fellow and scientific adviser at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
