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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Gary P. Perryman, Nathrop, CO (US);

James R. Wood, Grapevine, TX (US);

Assignee:

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/102 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/0057 (2013.01); H01S 3/1024 (2013.01); H01S 3/10046 (2013.01); H01S 3/1625 (2013.01); H01S 3/2316 (2013.01); H01S 3/2325 (2013.01); H01S 5/0057 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device comprising a master clock configured to produce a pulse sequence having a wideband light signal of approximately 800 nanometers or red visible wavelength of a predetermined amplitude. The device comprises X laser amplifiers along a common optical path each amplifier being triggered by a burst of X pulses with high-peak power and high-average power. The X laser amplifiers receive the pulse sequence of the master clock and sequentially amplifying the pulse sequence wherein a last laser amplifier of the X laser amplifiers produces an amplified pulse sequence. A compressor is configured to compress the amplified pulse sequence to produce a laser signal having a sequence of directed energy (DE) pulses each DE pulse having a pulse width in a femtosecond range to induce when striking a solid surface of a target object transient electric fields in a microwave frequency range. A system and method are also provided.


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