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So in thinking about this more - it seems that using a fiber relay system is less than ideal - and instead what we may want is a series of tubes with mirrors. T
by phlux 16y ago
So in thinking about this more - it seems that using a fiber relay system is less than ideal - and instead what we may want is a series of tubes with mirrors. Tubes and mirrors with joints that allow articulation of the tube system.
Further, based on the description of the plane-mounted anti-missle laser system, which uses a telescoping system to focus the beam - it would seem that we could incorporate the telescoping functions into our articulated tube,
It should be a trivial exercise to combine multiple beams via prisms and mirrors, at east a solveable problem.
So - we will need the exoskeleton I mentioned in my other post as we will need the rigidity of the system to mount our series of tubes to.
Interestingly, the .mil article refers to KW class lasers - rather than MW class.
I think some testing needs to be done with shooting this DIY laser through a telescope as well.