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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Applied Energetics, Inc, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stephen William McCahon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory J. Quarles, Tucson, AZ (US);
APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
At a designated range an ultra-short pulse laser beam collapses focusing its power and thereby creating a plasma. A range specific thermal plasma is formed from a pulsed laser configured to produce a pulsed wavefront at a peak power. The peak power of the wavefront exceeds a self-focusing critical power level. An optical wavefront controlling element having one or more optical lens manipulates the pulsed wavefront based on a ratio of the peak power to the self-focusing critical power level, and an atmospheric condition, initiating whole beam collapse at the designated range.