Defense Update November 26, 2020
The laser source demonstrator can be employed in various projects to study military applications of high-power laser. The first project of the new laser will be a trial phase onboard the F219 Sachsen Class – the lead ship of this class. It consists of twelve nearly identical 2kW fiber laser modules with close to diffraction-limited beam quality. A beam combiner – a subassembly that turns multiple beams into a single beam through dielectric grid technology – couples the twelve fiber-laser beams to form a single laser beam with excellent beam quality. Spectral coupling technology offers a multitude of advantages compared with other (geometric) coupling technologies. It is less complex, highly modular, and features growth potential in the 100kW performance class, highly modular, and features growth potential in the 100kW performance class. Several navies have already embarked on testing such weapons, The US Navy has recently tested one in the USA, and another is under development for a trial by the Royal navy…read more. Video