ADVANCED SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Effective performance of prospective energy-delivering laser systems requires a beaconless
ADVANCED SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $79,974
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2013.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2013-04-25 → 2014-03-07
Description
Effective performance of prospective energy-delivering laser systems requires a beaconless adaptive optic method capable of correcting moderate to heavy atmospheric distortion of high-power beams. The innovative method described here implements a beaconless sensor based on the collection of target-scattered light. Post-processing of the beacon-detected field will allow retrieval and complete characterization of the turbulence-perturbed wavefront. During the Phase I program we will perform detailed theoretical analysis, modeling, design and integration of the BLAST breadboard. The proof-of-concept BLAST breadboard will demonstrate the detection and characterization of wavefront aberrations and the ability to compensate for distortions in simulated perturbations equivalent to Rytov>0.3. In Phase II a highly-developed prototype-level BLAST system will be tested and proven in realistic field environments.