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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2021
David M Pepper, Camarillo, CA (US);
David M Pepper, Camarillo, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A spatially and spectrally distributed long-laser system. Spatially separated phase-conjugate mirrors (PCMs) define a long-laser resonator cavity. The PCMs define, respectively, a power transmitting unit (master), and a power receiving unit (slave), as well as providing a secure two-way communications link between the units. The long-laser is mode-locked, minimizing third-party interception and detection. A wavefront-reversal device, using a MEMS spatial phase modulator, integrated with a retroreflector array, provides a true phase-conjugate (time-reversed) replica of the beam at each end of the system, providing auto-alignment, diffraction-limited performance, compensation for static and dynamic phase and polarization distortions, minimizing the FOV and scattering. The retroreflecting array initiates the oscillation mode. The SPM adaptive optical system bootstraps the retro-array by forming a simultaneous closed-loop system. The PCM emulates a deformable mirror with an integrated cat's eye retro-array, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, equivalent to a true wave-front reversal device at each end of the system.