AERI/HEL technology: the next generation of interceptor laser systems for anti-fighter, anti-missile

AERI/HEL technology: the next generation of interceptor laser systems for anti-fighter, anti-missile and anti-ICBM applications Part 3

-Breakthrough tactical weapon that opens up the possibility of neutralising nuclear missiles.

1. 1 kW-class high-power lasers (HEL) are already in wide use in various industrial applications, such as communications and welding. High-power lasers currently being developed for military and defence applications range from 1 kW and above to 100 kW.

2. Fibre laser technology, which utilises fibres used for communications, is one of the technologies used to achieve high output power.

Spectral convergence technology has also been developed, in which fibres are bundled to obtain high output power by combining various wavelengths in the opposite principle to prisms.

When a large number of fibres are bundled to obtain high output, it is possible to adjust the output according to the target or application.

It is also possible to use materials such as ZnO between the p- and n-type of semiconductors, using LEDs and There are semiconductor lasers that use a laser beam to create a p-n junction and obtain high energy.

Output of up to 100 kW has been achieved with this semiconductor laser.

3. the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI https://www.aeri-japan.com/) analyses the reflected light from target materials excited by laser irradiation with ultrashort laser pulses (femtosecond lasers) to elucidate the chemical composition, lifetime and degradation processes of target materials. Strategic and innovative proposals and basic research in unexplored and extreme areas are also conducted in conjunction with the AERI/HEL surface-to-air defence system mentioned above.

Examples are as follows.

(1) Ultra-low altitude satellite and ultra-high speed mobile vehicle non-destructive inspection systems (https://www.aeri-japan.com/blank-40)

(2) Laser degradation diagnosis and non-destructive inspection system AI (artificial intelligence)-assisted LSDS (https://www.aeri-japan.com/ai-lsds1)

(3) Real-time ultra-high-speed moving vehicle (Shinkansen and linear Shinkansen) degradation and service life diagnosis system (https://www.aeri-japan.com/supermooving-realtime-insitu-fslase-1)

(4) Femto laser non-destructive inspection system (https://www.aeri-japan.com/realtime-insitu-fslaser-stereo-dyna-1)

(5) Sniper weapon aiming to neutralise conventional and nuclear weapons.(https://www.aeri-japan.com/sniperweapons)

Ph.D. & Dr. Physicist Kazuto Kamuro, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School, California Institute of Technology. -------------------------------------------