The items listed below constitute the open, public release proceedings from the
2021 Annual Directed Energy S&T Symposium.
Unless otherwise noted, presentations only are included for each entry.
Plenary Session
DE JTO Remaining Relevant Dr. Larry Grimes - Director, Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE-JTO)
Directed Energy Intermediate Force Capabilities Col Wendell Leimbach, Jr., USMC – Director, Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office (JIFCO)
Directed Energy Futures Summit Dr. Don Shiffler - Chief Scientist for DE, Air Force Research Laboratory, DE Directorate
HPM Technologies- Effects & Systems
Obtaining Circular Polarization from HPM-Capable Leaky-Wave Antennas Robert Koslover, SARA, Inc.
A Study on Printed Circuit Board Backdoor Coupling and Stackup Considerations PAPER Ryan Tortorich, Louisiana State University
Comparison of DE HPM and HEMP in Time and Frequency Domains Plamen Doynov, EMP Shield, Inc.
Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
Cognitive Laser - Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning for Laser Weapon Systems Dr. Bonnie Johnson, Naval Postgraduate School
Deep Atmospheric Turbulence Characterization with Deep Machine Learning Mikhail Vorontsov, University of Dayton
Atmospheric Propagation
Effective Segmentation of Sonic Anemometer Data for Meaningful Comparison to Theory and Simulation Joe Coffaro, University of Central Florida
Profiling Atmospheric Turbulence using Dual-Camera Imagery of Non-Cooperative Targets Dr. Santasri Bose-Pillai, AFIT
Numerical Simulations of the Long-Range Energy Delivery and Beam Breakup of High-Power Square- Aperture CO2 Laser Pulses in the Atmosphere Paris Panagiotopoulos, College of Optical Sciences University of Arizona
Emerging Solutions to the Deep-Turbulence Problem using Digital Holography and Deep Learning Dr. Mark Spencer, AFRL/RDMP
Student Workshop
Beam Control Characterization of Atmospheric Optical Turbulence Using Turbulence Flux Measurements PAPER Alex Peralta, United States Naval Academy
Comparison of Aerosol Extinction Measurements Aboard NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter During CA Smoke Mission Ryan Yamaguchi, Naval Postgraduate School
HPM & Thermal Experimental Results on a Coaxial Multipactor Test Cell Stephen Langellotti, University of Michigan
HEL Performance of Compact Integrated Phase Modulators at 1µm Michael Nickerson, University of California, Santa Barbara Electrical and Computer Engineering
Materials Mitigation of Optical Nonlinearities for High Power Lasers Bailey Meehan, Clemson University
Guided Mode Expansion Analysis of Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers PAPER Pawel Strzebonski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Suppression of the Brillouin Instability Using Phase Modulation Techniques Josh Young, Baylor University
Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers Kevin Reilly, The University of New Mexico
Digital Control of Multiple Plasma Columns in a 2D Plasma Photonic Crystal Matthew Paliwoda, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DE-IFC
Updates on JIFCO’s DE-IFC Weapon Development Efforts in 2021 David Law, JIFCO
JIFCO Solid-State Active Denial Technology (SS-ADT) Update Simin Feng, JIFCO
JIFCO High Power Microwave Vehicle and Vessel Stopping Project Update Adam Clark, JIFCO
DE IFC Key System Size, Weight, Power Consumption, Thermal Cooling, and System Cost Reduction (SWAP/C2) Updates David Law, JIFCO
Survey of Alternative Laser Applications PAPER Dr. Christopher Duron, US Army SMDC Redstone Arsenal
High Energy Laser Development
Components and Subsystems for Directed Energy Laser Systems Alex Rosiewicz, NKT Photonics
Beam Control
Vibration Effects on Laser Optical Trains PAPER Jeremy Kolansky, Virginia Tech
Image Sharpening on the 3D Intensity with Variable Corrective Phase Screens Matthias Banet, University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics
Bio-Effects
High Energy Laser (HEL) Risk Analysis Dr. Semih Kumru, 711 HPW/RHDO (AFRL)
Evaluating the Potential Eye Hazard of the Supercontinuum Generated by Near-Infrared Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Water Xomalin Peralta, SAIC
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