The items listed below constitute the proceedings from the
2019 Annual Directed Energy Symposium.
Unless otherwise noted, presentations only are included for each entry.
Plenary Session Bridging the Gap: The Role of Transition Dr. Larry Grimes, Directed Energy Joint Transition Office
Poster Session High Power Inductive Output Tube (IOT) Sources Joseph Beaudoin, Antonio Ting, Gregory Nusinovich, Phillip Sprangle, Thomas Antonsen, University of Maryland
Optimized Energy Storage and Thermal Management for FVL FLRAA DEW & MEP Systems Julianne Douglas, Terry DuBois, Ashley Ruth, Will Rowley, Rich Scenna, Army Futures Command Center
Optomechanical Actuation of Diamagnetically Levitated Pyrolytic Graphite Miriam Ewall-Wice, Kelly DeLawder, Professor S. Montgomery, Professor P. Joyce, Professor C. Brownell, LT S. Yee, USN, Professor H. ElBidweihy, Naval Academy
Composite Material Development for Nonlinear Transmission Lines Andrew Fairbanks, Xiaojun Zhu, Allen Garner, Julio Hernandez, Tyler Tallman, Purdue University
Some Investigations into Applications of Electrically Small Antennas as Phased Array Elements James Kovarik, Deb Chatterjee, Anthony Carusso, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Generating Short Pulse IR radiation for Laser Interaction with Materials Antonio Ting, Brian Beaudoin, Tom Antonsen, Phillip Sprangle, University of Maryland
Nanoparticle Doped Optical Fibers for High Energy Lasers Amber Vargas, C.Kucera, Ballato, Clemson University and C. Baker, Naval Research Laboratory
Material Interaction & Modeling
Laser Target and Analysis Board (LTAB) (A) Christopher Giranda, Yei Wo, DHPC Technologies
Atmospheric Characterization
A Modified Slope Structure Function for Atmospheric Turbulence Phase Statistics Measurement (A) Ian Gabalski, Wesley Barnes, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Daniel Whitley, UAH SMAP Center; Brett Hokr, Radiance Technologies
Beam Control Technologies
Principal Component Analysis of a Deformable Mirror (A) Barton Plimmer, David Dayton, Applied Technology Associates and Mark Spencer, Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate
Long-Range, Low-Latency Adaptive Optics System at LLNL (A) Stephen Ammons, Lisa Poyneer, Greg Burton, Paul Pax, Doug Homoelle, Brian Hackel, Brian Bauman, Robert Panas, Susant Patra, Mike Kim, Chris Gates, Dave Palmer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Joint Lethality and M&S
Phenomenological Model of Laser-Driven Patterning of Solid Deformable Substance (A) Misha Grinfeld, ARL and Pavel Grinfeld, Drexel University
HEL Technologies
Anti-Resonant Hollow Core Fibers and their Applications in Directed Energy (A) Amy Van Newkirk, Penn State University
Single Frequency Widely Tunable High Power Thulium Fiber Laser (A) Patrick Roumayah, Justin Cook, Dong Jin Shin, Alex Sincore, Jasmine Thompson, Martin Richardson, University of Central Florida, Laser Plasma Laboratory
Brightness Improvements in Quantum Cascade Lasers (A) Timothy Newell, Gryphon Technologies and Sanh Luong, Andy Lu, Chi Yang & Ron Kaspi, Air Force Research Laboratory
Beamed Energy Propulsion
Breakthrough Starshot - A Photon Engine Overview (A) Wesley Green, Breakthrough Starshot
USPL: Propagation & Filamentation
Effect of laser noise on the propagation of laser radiation in dispersive and nonlinear media (A) Joshua Isaacs, Phillip Sprangle, University of Maryland, College Park
USPL: MWIR
Novel high power infrared lasers for strong field science (A) Zenghu Chang, CREOL
Development of a mid-infrared, high-power optical parametric amplifier for the investigation of intense light propagation in atmosphere (A) Kevin George, John Morrison, Wes Erbsen, Kyle Frische, Enam Chowdhury, and W. Mel Roquemore, Air Force Research Laboratory
Development of the Dual Chirp - Optical Parametric Amplifier (A) Sean Crystal, Khanh Kieu, University of Arizona, OSC and Mike Helle, Naval Research Laboratory
USPL: LWIR & Material Interactions
Spatio-temporal Control of Laser Induced Plasma by Spatial Light Modulation of USPL (A) Michael Ross, Brittany Lynn, Melvin Pascoguin, Alexandru Hening, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Beam Propagation
Comparative Analysis of Fiber-array and Conventional Beam Director Systems in Volume Turbulence with Accounting for Thermal Blooming Effects (A) Mikhail Vorontsov, Grigorii Filimonov, University of Dayton
HPM Technologies & Effects
Novel Application of the Random Coupling Model to Directed Energy Waveforms (A) Bisrat Addissie, Ron Hong, Zach Drikas, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches for High Power Microwave applications (C) Adam Conway, L. Voss, N. Cramer, M. Bora, P. Grivickas, T. Graff, D. Hall, V. Khitrov, R. Beer, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Wireless Power Beaming
Laser Wireless Power Transmission (A) Christopher Giranda, Yei Wo, DHPC Technologies
Power Beaming & Energy Emancipation of the Battlefield (A) PAPER Eric Sundberg, Retired USAF and A. Bar-Cohen, RTN- Space and Airborne Systems
Automated Active Safety System for Laser Power Beaming (A) Tom Nugent, PowerLight Technologies
Non-Uniformity Effects on Free Space Optical Power Receivers (A) Phillip Jenkins, David Scheiman, Justin Lorentzen, Richard Fischer, Paul Jaffe, Naval Research Laboratory; David Wayne, Brittany Lynn, Conor Pogue, SPAWAR Systems Center; Raymond Hoheisel, George Washington University
Field Testing of an Integrated Automatic Power Beaming System (A) Tom Nugent, PowerLight Technologies
Modeling and Simulation Applications and Testing
Testing Energy Magazine Concepts Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (A) James Langston, Michael “Mischa” Steurer, Karl Schoder, Florida State University and Don Dalessandro, Joseph Borraccini, Tom Fikse, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Atmospheric Propagation Modeling & Simulation
Using numerical simulation to predict vaporization regime of HEL exposed water drops (A) Stefano Pineda, Cody Brownell, Evelyn Lunasin, Stuart Blair, USNA
Boundary layer atmospheric turbulence characterization with numerical weather prediction modeling (A) PAPER ONLY Victor Kulikov, Mikhail Vorontsov, University of Dayton
Wave-optics modeling and analysis of Differential Image Motion Monitors for atmospheric profiling (A) Daniel Whitley, The University of Alabama in Huntsville; Ian Gabalski, Wesley Barnes, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Brett Hokr, Radiance Technologies
Wave-optics modeling and analysis of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors for atmospheric profiling (A) Daniel Whitley, The University of Alabama in Huntsville; Ian Gabalski, Wesley Barnes, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Brett Hokr, Radiance Technologies
Power and Thermal for DE
Power and Thermal Management SWaP Analysis for Generic, Mobile Directed Energy Platforms (A) Todd Bandhauer, David Hobby, Jensen Hoke, Colorado State University and Jack Kotovsky, Jim Fair, Bob Deri, Paul Leisher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reversible Martensitic transformations: a new approach to managing DE thermal transients (A) Darin Sharar, Asher Leff, Adam Wilson, Army Research Laboratory and Ronald Warzoha, Brian Donovan, US Naval Academy and Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M
Thermal Behavior of Microcoolers for High Power Laser Diode Arrays (A) PAPER Kyoung Joon Kim, Pukyong National University; M. Fish, Army Research Laboratory; A. Bar-Cohen, Raytheon; B. Han, University of Maryland
High Voltage Capacitors in the 10kV to 80kV Range for Pulse Shaping, Resonance and DC Block Applications (A) Quentin Diduck, Brian Alvarez, Ballistic Devices Inc.
Consolidation of Broad Spectrum HEL Cooling Pump Designs into Discrete Product Families (A) PAPER Christopher Rista, Barber-Nichols Inc.
DE Systems and Programs
Systems Engineering in real world DE applications (A) Talbot Smith, Sandia National Laboratories
Acquisition, Tracking & Pointing
Multiplexed digital-holographic detection for atmospheric imaging and wavefront sensing (A) Matthias Banet, University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics and Mark Spencer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Student Workshop
Transition of Electron Emission and Gas Breakdown Mechanisms from Microscale to Nanoscale (A) Amanda Loveless, Adam Darr, Samuel Dynako, and Allen Garner, Purdue University
Present Work on the Harmonic Recirculating Planar Magnetron (HRPM) (A) Drew Packard, G. B. Greening, N. M. Jordan, S. C. Exelby, P. Y. Wong, Y.Y. Lau, University of Michigan; R.M. Gilgenbach, B. W. Hoff, J. A. Hammond, Air Force Research Laboratory
Automated Coordinated Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight with Light Attachment (A) PAPER Graham Cassel, Sam Myren, Zach Spears, Sydney Wilson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Atmospheric Characterization Through Measurement of Optical Turbulence in the Area Surrounding the U.S. Military Academy (A) CDT Eric Dragland, CDT Isaac Ferrell, CDT Tina Le, CDT Anthony Martino, COL John Hartke, LTC Kirk Ingold, Dr. Michael Pfenning, Dr. David Kashinski, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Development and Thermal Characterization of a High Breakdown Strength Nanodielectric Composite Capacitor (A) Luke Brown, Randy Curry, Sarah Mounter, Jacob McFarland, University of Missouri-Columbia
Rapid Detection of High Energy Laser Strikes Using Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (A) Adam Kong, Brian Jenkins, Peter Joyce, Charles Nelson, United States Naval Academy
Spanwise Wavefront Measurements of a Two-Dimensional Compressible Shear Layer (A) Jonathan Wells, R. Mark Rennie, Eric Jumper, University of Notre Dame
Measured Performance of a Laser Beam Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum in Real Atmospheric Turbulence in a near-Maritime Environment (A) Joe Wiedemann, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Charles Nelson, U.S. Naval Academy
Quantifying HEL Weapon System Performance in a Coastal FOG Environment (A) Zachary Daniels, Qing Wang, Ryan Yamaguchi, Haflidi Jonsson, Benjamin Wauer, Naval Postgraduate School and Oswaldo Alvarenga, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
Adapting Macrometeorology-Based Models of Optical Turbulence to Suit the Near-Maritime Environment (A) Miles Oakley, U.S. Navy and Charles Nelson, Cody Brownell, U.S. Naval Academy
Experimental Assessment of Electrode Effects on Gas Breakdown for Microscale Gaps (A) Russell Brayfield, II, Andrew Fairbanks, Amanda Loveless, Shengjie Gao, Weihang Li, Caleb Darr, Jacqueline Malayter, Wenzhuo Wu, and Allen L. Garner, Purdue University
Nanoscale Thermal Transport in Silica Nanoparticle-Polymer Thin-Film Composites (A) Jay Wallen, Prof. Ronald Warzoha, Prof. Brian Donovan, MIDN 1/C, Nick Vu, U.S. Naval Academy and Prof. Daeyeon Lee, Prof. R Bharath Venkatesh, University of Pennsylvania
Micro/nanostructured copper and silver surfaces created using dual-pulse and chirped-pulse femtosecond laser surface processing (A) Aaron Ediger, Alfred Tsubaki, Nick Roth, Craig Zuhlke, Mark Anderson, Corey Kruse, Justin Costa-Greger, Collin Hoffman, Jeffrey Shield, George Gogos, Dennis Alexander, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A Broad Study of Failure Modes for High Power Lasers (A) Patrick Roumayah, University of Central Florida
Making Water Out of Nothing At All (A) PAPER Ayleen Brewer, James Blanford, Nick Remke, Royce James, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Multiplexed digital-holographic detection for atmospheric imaging and wavefront sensing (A) Matthias Banet, University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics and Mark Spencer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Aero-Optical and Aero-Acoustical Characterization of the Airborne Aero-Optics Laboratory (AAOL) (A) Matthew Kalensky, University of Notre Dame
Chalcogenide fibers for improved reliability of active infrared sensing systems (A) Justin Cook, Alex Sincore, Lawrence Shah, Martin Richardson, Kenneth Schepler, Felix Tan, Ahmed El Halawany, Anthony Riggins, Ayman F. Abouraddy, University of Central Florida
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