... Use non-linear fiber optic cables with a bend in them. When the light gets too intense it leaks out around the bend and doesn't continue to the sensor. ...
... Where do you put them? A laser pulse capable of blowing out sections of your sensor is lower power level (at the lens) than sunlight, it's just that your...
... I wonder if there might be some potential to use slow light materials to protect sensors from damage. If slow light materials can be made robust enough...
... I'm assuming pulsed lasers (operating at a high rate of fire). Would this make Ti:Sapphire lasers or something like it the natural choice? Or maybe diode...
... Thanks! That gives me precious hard numbers to work with. ... Well, what if the photons hit a bulk material that is largely insensitive to surface...
... light gets too intense it leaks out around the bend and doesn't continue to the sensor. This basic idea sounds promising, although I'd be surprised if the ...
... For Rick's purposes, there's no difference between a "pre-generated fleet" and one pre-generated by other fleet designers. I perfectly understand Rick's...
... I'm not so sure it's so easy. Given the relatively short timescale of the engagements, the cryogenic fuel tanks provide a ready supply of temporary...
... The Navy already has an answer for a long range stealth blind shot like that. Zig zag your ship slightly and the mass launcher rounds will either pass in...
... From: "mechdan" <mechdan@...> To: <sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:08 AM Subject: [sfconsim-l] Re: Sad commentary on...
... In modern times, Nd:YAG is the laser of choice for producing high energy pulses (typically lasting a nanosecond or so). Ti:Sapphire is used for pulses of...
... I just feel like there may be many decades between lab use and fielded military hardware. So it's not crazy to assume something based on something we...
... like that. ... pass in the night or reveal themselves. If it's only slightly, then the missile doesn't need to reveal itself until the last minute. Even...
... There are few civilian applications for systems with the behavior of militarized lasers; laser drills and laser welders, which are probably the closest...
An interesting idea would be to not only use the fuel tanks as armour, but also the booster thruster, as it's already designed to get very hot. If for some...
If you flip end over end and your fuel tank is ruptured then you will have an opposite thrust to your direction of travel and may not reach your target, and...
... You still got the big mo of the closing speed. Think back to the countdown intercept system. Early thrust is far more effective than late thrust. -HJC...
... Your closing speed doesn't help you--the greater the closing speed, the lower this effect, due to the reduced amount of time to impact. Again, if you're...
Isaac Kuo mechdan@... ... By the time you'd be doing this flip maneuver, you would already have spent your booster tank. This means that you already...
... I think we're looking at it from two different directions. I'm thinking that natural market forces and economies of scale will mean civilian lasers will...
... thinking that natural market forces and economies of scale will mean civilian lasers will have a lot more R&D and general progress than military lasers. ...
Then don't start flipping until the tanks are empty. ... lightweight ... solution ... of the ... same). ... while ... either the ... unlike ... collide...
... What form of point defense laser do you expect in this time frame? I would bet against chemical powered continuous lasers, as a dead end. Solid state...
... Almost certainly diode-pumped solid state lasers. ... end. Solid state lasers look more promising to me, in the near-mid term, but I doubt power levels...
... gross physical damage to the sensor. In other words, it might actually allow your sensor to reach the surface ablation threshold, which will probably not...
... Well, I've decided that all of this "stealth" stuff just gives me a headache. The simplest thing is for me to assume the dominant laser technology is...
... That's not a bad way to look at it, but you also have to consider phase. ... Here's where intuition starts to break down. One non-intuitive thing is that...
... A standing wave, such as a static magnetic field, is already in phase; as long as you can generate a flat reflector, the reflection will also be in phase....
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