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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Chia-Lie Chang, Potomac, MD (US);
Peter A. Budni, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2006.01); H01S 3/11 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2013.01); H01S 3/11 (2013.01); H01S 3/1625 (2013.01); H01S 3/1636 (2013.01); H05H 2001/4607 (2013.01);
Abstract
The system and method for creating plasma flares in air by using an ultra-short pulse laser (USPL) that generates plasma filaments with a short lifetime (in nanoseconds), and by heating these plasma filaments with intense microwave (RF) radiation to induce robust air breakdown, resulting in long lifetime (up to milliseconds) plasma flares in the atmosphere.