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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey H. Hunt, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2013.01); F41H 13/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laser defense system may be used to generate a plasma shield for protecting a structure against a directed-energy source. The laser defense system may include a short pulsed laser which generates plasma in a plasma shield region between the structure and the directed-energy source. Because plasma is opaque to electromagnetic radiation, the laser signal emitted by the directed-energy source is absorbed by the plasma shield rather than striking the structure.