Call for Papers
Contributions are being solicited for in-person presentation at the 2023 Annual Directed Energy Science and Technology Symposium with a primary interest in topics that support the research and development
of directed energy technologies and subsystems. The Symposium will be composed of oral and poster presentations discussing the topics below, as well as plenary, social and joint sessions.
The current call for the co-located Directed Energy Student Workshop is published below as well.
Focus Areas
The list of primary focus areas and links to the specific calls for papers is given below.
Beam Control Systems and Technologies
The theme for this year's Beam Control session(s) is advancing beam control technologies in step with new advances in high power lasers.
The session(s) have a twofold purpose: 1) to address beam control transition requirements and opportunities for near term HEL weapons systems
and 2) to focus on maturing beam control technology to support future HEL weapons systems. Contributions consistent with these purposes are solicited, especially in the topic areas listed below.
- Beam control systems: Major experiments and demonstrations
- Advanced sensors and Target acquisition and Tracking Systems (especially in cluttered environments)
- Beam control and optics technology
- Atmospheric propagation in harsh environments
- Aero-optics
- Phased and tiled arrays
- Target effects detection
- High Rytov engagement - advanced adaptive optics
- High speed targets
- Aimpoint maintenance on extended targets
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
Power and Thermal for DE
As DE technologies advance toward deployable systems, the supporting power and thermal management systems must provide high efficiency and low SWAP solutions viable for multiple missions, platforms, and environments. Although typically optimized for specific applications and missions, system approaches must be flexible and scalable to adapt with evolving mission requirements. Contributions consistent with these purposes are solicited, especially in the topic areas listed below.
- Prime Power - Prime Power considerations could include but are not limited to advanced batteries, fuel cells, power generation, power distribution and conditioning, significant component or subsystem improvements, corresponding modeling and simulations, and measured performance data.
- Pulsed Power Systems - Pulsed Power System considerations could include but are not limited to energy storage, voltage multiplication, switching, pulsed power distribution and conditioning, system EMI/EMC design, significant component or subsystem improvements, corresponding modeling and simulations, and measured performance data.
- Thermal Management Systems - Thermal Management Systems considerations could include but are not limited to energy storage (e.g. sensible and latent heat approaches), waste heat rejection, system optimization approaches, significant component or subsystem improvements, corresponding modeling and simulations, and measured performance data.
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution Limitations A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Directed Energy Bioeffects
Establishing a fundamental understanding of the interaction of directed energy and biology is essential to the development, transition, and use of directed energy systems. Building upon that basic knowledge allows for the development of tools for simulating effects, estimating collateral hazards, conducting probabilistic risk assessments and answering policy-related questions. The scope of the session includes the following topics:
- The digital human
- Physics-level modeling, simulation, and analysis of Bioeffects
- Modeling, simulation, and analysis tools for collateral effects
- The transition from deterministic occupational exposure standards to probabilistic risk assessments
- Suprathreshold effects of directed energy on biology
- Biological framework for investigating possible DE weapon attacks
- Bioeffects for non-lethal weapons
- Navigating the approval process for employment
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
HEL Lethality & Effects
The High Energy Laser (HEL) Lethality sessions will assemble scientists and engineers interested in HEL weapon lethality. The objectives of these sessions will be to: 1) address lethality requirements necessary to realize HEL weapons on the battlefield, 2) focus the conference on dynamic testing, modeling and analysis of complex targets, 3) use the forum as a means to inform the HEL community and potential HEL Weapons implementers of the latest findings regarding lethality work, 4) focus on specific missions of interest from a lethality viewpoint, and 5) to continue to cultivate synergism between the HEL communities to effectively transition High Energy Laser Weapons to the warfighter.
Papers are solicited for the HEL Lethality sessions as described below:
- HEL lethality studies conducted by program offices and other research organizations working in the area of systems engineering and target system response will be featured. This includes engagement level analysis and system data supporting the development of HEL weapon lethality criteria for targets of interest.
- Work sponsored by program offices and other organizations conducting experimental as well as theoretical research will be presented. This includes basic optical, mechanical and thermal investigation on materials, components, and systems. Continuous Wave (CW), pulsed, and ultra-short pulsed (USP) laser effects will be covered.
The technical committee plans to review the abstracts submitted and create a set of sessions that will emphasize laser / material interaction, component and subsystem lethality testing, vulnerability assessment tools (physics-based models, system-level models, diagnostics and test facilities), modeling analysis and assessments, vulnerability assessments with special emphasis on current missions of interest and tactical decision aids. Joint sessions with other disciplines are contemplated to fully exploit the interface between lethality, modeling & simulation, beam control and employment.
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
LASER Sources
Advances in laser sources and beam combining techniques are enabling significant improvements in beam power and quality for HEL systems. The objectives of the LASER Sources session(s) is to share current work and advances in: 1) laser sources emitting in wavelengths beyond 1 micron, 2) diode advances for direct lasing and pumping, 3) beam combining techniques, 4) diode pumped alkali lasers, 5) Short and Ultra short pulse lasers, and 6) Beacon and Illumination lasers.
Contributions consistent with these purposes are solicited, especially in the topic areas listed below:
- Fiber power advancements
- Spectral and Coherent combining advancements
- Laser pump and amplifier advancements
- Laser cooling advancements
- USPL effects and CW/USPL combining
- Methods for long range propagation of USPL
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
HPM Technologies and Effects
We invite abstracts for oral and/or poster presentations on HPM Technologies and Effects. Presentations on HPM Technologies could include:
- Compact pulsed power for HPM
- HPM oscillators and amplifiers
- HPM sources
- High-power RF distribution systems
- Antennas and antenna arrays for HPM
- HPM system optimization
Presentations dealing with HPM Effects at all levels, from direct-drive component testing to full system level tests will be considered, both measured and/or simulated. Topics of interest include:
- Non-perturbing diagnostics
- HPM effect trends with electronic device technologies
- Statistical analysis for defense- and offense-conservative use of Pe curves
- Extrapolation of shielding effectiveness measurements to threat-level full system test results
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are emerging technologies and processes that are proving beneficial in numerous fields across defense and commercial applications. There is potential to apply these processes in support of HEL engagements. The goal of the AI and Machine Learning session(s) is to explore AI and ML as applied to the HEL engagement. Presentations and posters are solicited to increase the understanding of the DE community on the capabilities and limitations of AI and ML. Particular interest in AI and ML applied to target detection, identification, aim point selection, and engagement to include BDA.
Submission Instructions
Mission-Level Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
The Mission-Level MS&A session will provide for the exchange of ideas among analysts evaluating configurations, performance trade spaces, and value of directed energy technologies in scenarios of many-on-many force configurations. Topics may range from perspectives for scenario development to complex analysis outcomes.
The following areas are invited for submissions:
- Realistic Scenario Development to Provide Insight and Value
- Directed Energy System Mission-Level Study Results
- Directed Energy in a Multi-Domain Spectrum of Effects Analysis
- Methods to Incorporate Man-in/on-the-Loop including Interface Evaluation for Situational Awareness and Man-Machine Teaming
- Incorporation of Battle-Management Systems
- Methods to Incorporate Directed Energy into Existing Kinetic Weapon Analysis Tools
- Methods to transition physics models and empirical data into mission-level simulations
- Generation of Wargaming Concepts and Incorporation in Wargames
- Validation Efforts for Mission-Level Modeling and Simulation
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
Atmospheric Propagation
The Atmospheric Propagation session(s) will serve as a forum for the presentation of research on the physics of light propagation, optical remote sensing, and EO/IR effects in the atmosphere, to include distributed volume turbulence, gravity waves, vortex shedding, stably stratified turbulence, persistent eddies, and cloud/aerosol/molecular scattering and absorption, refractive effects such as mirages and over-the-horizon viewing, as well as characterization of these phenomena.
The following is a nonexclusive set of paper topics appropriate for the special section:
- Distributed volume turbulence: Kolmogorov and non-Kolmogorov turbulence, optical beam properties, such as scintillation, phase variance, branch points, etc.
- Meteorological phenomena: Refractive layers, boundary layer measurements, stratified turbulence, gravity waves, vortex shedding, large scale eddies, micro-meteorology, cloud/aerosol extinction
- Atmospheric modeling and simulation: Multi-phenomena atmospheric characterizations and computationally efficient methods to incorporate physically realistic characterizations into M&S
- Exploitation and enhancement of numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling: Turbulence (Cn2) and aerosol content are not common NWP products - how can these be elucidated from NWP?
- Atmospheric measurement devices beyond standard pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind: The potential implementation of turbulence measuring devices such as sonic anemometers, scintillometers, time-lapse photography, digital holographic instruments, etc.; aerosol/particle measurement devices such as water and alcohol-based condensation particle counters and particle sizers
- Deployable Equipment: Methods to measure real time atmospheric conditions along the beam path immediately prior to and during lasing to a non-cooperative target
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Directed Energy Intermediate Force Capabilities / Non-Lethal Weapons
The theme for this year's session is "Directed Energy Intermediate Force Capabilities (DE -IFCs): Relevant across the Range of Military Operations." This session seeks papers/presentations on DE-IFC weapon technologies that are applicable and relevant to Gray Zone operations. The objective is to enable and improve US Forces' competition across the entire force continuum, i.e., across the full range of military operations (ROMO).
IFCs enable the Joint Force to successfully compete across the competition continuum by providing active and proportional measures between presence and lethal effects. IFCs supports the National Defense Strategy objectives. DE IFCs:
- Allow the Joint Force to engage with scaled force technologies
- Methods to assess, validate, and communicate intent for enhanced and early decision making
- Limitation of collateral damage
- Precision targeting to focus effects on threats and avoid innocents
Papers/presentations sought include updates and information on prospective new DE-IFC technologies. The desired end-state of this DE IFC session is to: build awareness, understanding, and appreciation of directed energy IFCs among the DOD's research and engineering community. Presentations and papers will be considered for acceptance at Distribution A, C, and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Prior Program Lessons Learned
As the DE community advances solid state laser power and prepares for fielding weapon systems we must remember and avoid lessons that have been learned on prior programs. These programs can include ABL, ATL, THEL, HELTD/MD/MTT, LaWS, and other programs with valued lessons to share. The learned lessons can cover topics such as:
- Integration challenges
- Engagement planning
- Test Range issues
- Design / build challenges
- Controls
- Environments - both internal and external
- Optics and coatings
- Cleanliness maintenance
- Maintenance and Operation challenges
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
Power Beaming and Propulsion
Wireless Power Beaming, or long-distance wireless power transmission, is an emerging technology with far-reaching implications. It is potentially revolutionary for its ability to provide power in the burgeoning drone applications area and for remote or inaccessible facilities, sensors, and locations. It may also provide the only realistic path to relativistic flight using photon pressure on beam-riding light sails.
ireless Power Beaming also constitutes a critical element for solar power satellite concepts. Many novel applications could be enabled with effective, practical means of power beaming. It shares many technological commonalities with directed energy, though the latter currently enjoys greater maturity. For the 2023 DEPS S&T symposium, submissions are sought that explore and extend power beaming and propulsion technology, including but not limited to:
- Transmission Technologies:laser, millimeter-wave, and microwave sources and their associated supporting elements
- Receiver Technologies: laser power converters, rectennas, heat exchangers, heat engines, and their associated supporting elements
- Light sail materials: candidate materials, structures, beam interactions and beam riding stability
- Leveraging of Directed Energy Assets for Power Beaming: methods that exploit existing systems to stand up power beaming capabilities
- Safety Systems: measures and techniques to allow the safe and fail-safe operation of power beaming systems beyond the laboratory environment
- Applications of Power Beaming: approaches with compelling benefits over existing solutions, and use cases enabled by power beaming
- Transmission Media Considerations: assessments and mitigation techniques for perturbations and challenges associated with electromagnetic wave propagation for power beaming
- Demonstrations of Power Beaming: end-to-end system demonstrations resulting in usable power at the receiver, or that exhibit key subsystem performance, such as retro-directive beam control
- Power Beaming Metrics: identification and exposition of parameters and factors to allow meaningful comparison of power beaming system and subsystem performance
- Economics, Logistical, and Political Matters: non-technical issues with bearing on power beaming's feasibility
Papers and presentations are sought at the Unclassified, Distribution A, C and D levels, as well as Classified Secret.
Submission Instructions
Assuring Survivable EMS System
Discuss EMS survivability as it applies to EMSO-related systems that incorporate electronic components that might be susceptible to electromagnetic effects, including Spectrum protection, system adaptability, spectrum access flexibility and efficiency, and multi-function capabilities.
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Integrating Full-Spectrum Sensor Data for real-time EM Battle Management
Session would look at collection/distribution/fusion of RF-EO-IR sensor data for networked/efficient battle management, including data integration, AI/ML for spectrum agility and training, etc.
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Engagement-Level Modeling & Simulatrion
The Engagement-Level Modeling and Simulation session(s) will serve as a forum for the presentation of research and
engineering involving modeling of Directed Energy (DE) systems. The following is a nonexclusive set of topics appropriate
for this area:
- Model-based research or systems engineering that spans more than one topic area, such as sources, beam control, propagation, lethality, bioeffects, and artificial intelligence
- Simulations of one-on-one engagements, such as to aid understanding of DE utility
- Explorations of the benefits and limitations of advanced technology
- Component-level modeling and simulation
- Recent advances in DE models
- Advanced methods: numerical methods, applied mathematics, uncertainty quantification, high-performance computing
- Methods to speed up engagement-level models for use in real-time hardware or mission- and campaign-level modeling, such as through conversion to C++ or the development of surrogate models
Unclassified papers and presentations are sought at Distribution A, C and D levels.
Submission Instructions
Directed Energy Student Workshop
The Directed Energy Professional Society is committed to developing the next generation of scientists, engineers and leaders in directed energy. In support of those efforts there will be an educational workshop designed to allow students studying in the area of directed energy to present their work.
The education workshop is soliciting presentations and posters of graduate and undergraduate students to present their current research to the community. Presentations and posters will be accepted in any area related to directed energy. More detailed information will be available on the DE Student Workshop page.
If you would like to present exclusively in the DE Student Workshop, submit an abstract for consideration online by completing a form to be available here soon.
Submission Instructions
| Important Dates for Presenters |
6 February 2023
- Abstracts due
- 17 February 2023
- Authors notified of acceptance
- 10 March 2023
- Classified Presentations due with release forms
- 24 March 2023
- Open/CUI Presentations due with release forms
- 31 March 2023
- Papers due with release forms
- 3 - 6 April 2023
- Annual DE S&T Symposium
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Submission Instructions
General information on the submission of abstracts, presentations, papers and release forms is provided below.
Note that it is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for
submitted abstracts, presentations, and papers. All submitted materials, including unclassified presentations,
must be appropriately marked for security classification as well as identification of any distribution restrictions.
Additionally, please identify the presenter (if different from the lead author) and up-to-date contact information.
Abstracts
All persons wishing to present at the 2023 Annual DE S&T Symposium must submit an unclassified abstract by 6 February 2023 for
consideration.
The abstract deadline has passed.
If you were unable to submit your abstract in time or would like to still be considered for poster presentation, please contact Robert Thomas directly at robert.thomas.47@us.af.mil.
Please contact webmaster@deps.org with any technical issues regarding
abstract submission. Subject matter questions regarding abstracts should be directed to a member of
the
symposium technical committee.
Presentations and Papers
Authors should note that all Classified presentations, as well as CUI presentations to be presented at the offsite facility, are due by 10 March.
All Open/Distribution A presentations, as well as CUI presentations to be presented at the hotel, are due by 24 March.
This deadline should be kept in mind when scheduling presentation creation and seeking institutional permissions to
present at the Symposium.
Presentations should be in Microsoft PowerPoint format. The file name of the presentation must include the abstract number. Any video material used must be imbedded within your presentation
and cannot exceed 20MB. Additionally, please note that when submitting unclassified presentations on CD via mail, your CD will not be returned.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers based on their presentations to be published in the Symposium proceedings.
Papers should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format, and follow the DEPS Conference Paper Format instructions.
With author approval, papers may also be forwarded for consideration by editors of the Journal of Directed Energy,
a peer-reviewed publication.
Papers and presentations must be assigned the appropriate authorized Distribution Statement as well as with the pertinent security markings.
UNCLASSIFIED SUBMISSIONS
Unclassified, public release (Distribution A) presentations and papers that are less than 5MB in size can be sent electronically to Carolyn Bowman
at graphic@deps.org.
Unclassified, limited distribution (C or D) presentations, papers or files which contain embedded videos, or are more than 5MB in size should
only be sent via DoD Safe.
Government and CAC authenticated users can go directly to https://safe.apps.mil/ and
drop off files for Carolyn at graphic@deps.org. Non-CAC users may request a link to the drop off site.
Please email Carolyn at
graphic@deps.org to request a drop-off link be sent to you. Using DoD Safe or your secure transfer site is preferable; however, if you need to
send a CD, please mail it to:
DEPS Graphics
7770 Jefferson St. NE
Suite 440
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Unclassified presentations (Open or CUI) to be presented at the hotel must be received by 24 March; papers by 31 March.
CLASSIFIED SUBMISSIONS
Classified papers and presentations, or CUI presentations that are to be presented at the offsite facility, can be mailed via US Postal Service registered mail or via FedEx to the addresses below. Please be sure and use the correct address depending on the mail option you are using.
FedEx Mailing Option
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US Postal Service Registered Mail Option
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Outer envelope:
DE JTO
Attention: Document Control
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Inner Envelope
DE JTO
Attention: Grizel Reyes
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
When sending Fed-X, please mail at least 7 days prior to the appropriate due date to ensure on time delivery.
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Outer envelope:
DE JTO
Attention: Document Control
7770 Jefferson St. NE, Suite 440
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Inner Envelope
DE JTO
Attention: Kat Gonzales
7770 Jefferson St. NE, Suite 440
Albuquerque, NM 87109
When sending via USPS, please mail at least 14 days prior to due date to ensure on-time delivery.
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Please mail classified submissions NLT 3 March in order to guarantee receipt by 10 March.
**If unable to meet the 10 March deadline, contact Kat Gonzales directly at (505) 998-4910 to make other arrangements.**
Please ensure packaging on outer envelope does not display individual names or security classification; display
only destination and a valid return address. Remember also that the CD as well as the actual file(s) must be appropriately
marked. See Security Markings below. Example CD markings are as follows:
(U) This Is My Story, Date, Classified
By: (person name, office symbol, and title that is creating the document)
Derived From: (what documents were used to classify the document)
Declassify On: (date the document can be declassified)
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All Classified presentations must be received by 10 March 2023 (unless other arrangements have been made via Kat Gonzales 505-998-4910 kat@deps.org); papers by 31 March.
Please be sure and mail classified submissions in sufficient time to ensure delivery by the advertised due date.
Please contact Kat Gonzales with DEPS kat@deps.org)with questions regarding Classified submissions.
Posters
In addition to submitting abstracts for oral presentation, authors are encouraged to also submit their abstracts for poster presentation.
Each poster will be allotted 3 ft. by 6 ft. of usable space, and push pins will be provided. DEPS does not have the ability to print posters onsite,
so please plan accordingly. Either traditional posters or printed slides will be accepted. A template, originally created by the AFRL, is provided to
presenters here.
Important note: Posters must be assigned the appropriate authorized Distribution Statement as well as with the pertinent security markings in order to be posted.
Posters do not need to be submitted ahead of time. Bring them with you onsite.
Release Forms
Release forms
are required for all papers and presentations submitted to
the Annual DE S&T Symposium. These PDF release forms can be completed electronically, then
printed for signature and submission. It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for
submitted presentations and papers. Submission instructions are provided on the form itself. Forms are due at the same time
as the corresponding presentation/paper.
*Note that poster papers are considered presentations and the presentation release form
should be used in those cases.
Presentation Release Form
Paper Release Form
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