AUTHOR=Liao Kangjie , Liu Zhiwei , Chu Xiuxiang 

TITLE=Combining beams in different locations for aerospace defense in a turbulent atmosphere

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.1058240

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.1058240

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=A fixed high-power laser system used as aerospace defense weapon has the limitation of transmitter size, serious thermal blooming during propagation, rapid motion and the variation of the location of target. In present paper we propose a method by arranging many high-power systems with adequate distance in a defense area. The intensity distribution and the energy irradiated on the target are studied and compared with a fixed laser system. Result shows that adequate arrangement of many high-power laser systems can reply the arbitrary and rapid motion of the target.