Los Alamos (U.S.) - 21/01/2011 - 3B Tips - Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in cooperation with the Bureau of Research of the U.S. Navy have achieved a breakthrough in the program of "free electron laser (FEL)" for a laser defense system, featuring an injector capable of producing enough electrons to generate a megawatt-class laser beam intended to play a role weapons systems in next generation.
The program manager is Dr. Dinh C. Nguyen, who joined the laboratory since 1984, member of the American Physical Society, the International Program Committee FEL, FEL & the Technology Area Working Group, says that the injector has operated as expected .... "But until now we did not evidence supporting our model. He is currently working to measure the electron beam continuously, and hopes to establish a world record. "" It is a great step forward for the program and FEL technology in the U.S. Navy, "said Quentin Saulnier Program Director Free Electron Laser (FEL) for the Office of Naval Research (ONR). "The fact that the team has nine months in advance gives us enough time to achieve our objectives by the end of 2011. "
" Research is a necessary step to deploy a day, a weapon system laser (FEL) megawatt-class, and revolutionize the defense of ships " you it has added. "The FEL must provide naval forces of the United States a laser defense system almost instantly usable in any marine environment worldwide."
ONR expects to be able to begin testing at sea from 2018. For the record, and in the case of another type of laser use protection in Israel has been abandoned in favor of the system "Iron Dome" rocket base.
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Sources: Directed Energy Professional Society, Defence Talk
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