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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Phillip a Sprangle, Great Falls, VA (US);
Joseph R Penano, Springfield, VA (US);
Bahman Hafizi, Bethesda, MD (US);
Antonio C Ting, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Richard P. Fischer, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Phillip A Sprangle, Great Falls, VA (US);
Joseph R Penano, Springfield, VA (US);
Bahman Hafizi, Bethesda, MD (US);
Antonio C Ting, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Richard P. Fischer, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of lasers comprising a plurality of laser paths. The apparatus further includes an incoherent combining beam director in the plurality of laser paths. The apparatus also includes a plurality of optical elements in the plurality of laser paths between the plurality of lasers and the beam director.