Plenary Session
Enabling
the Speed of Light Fight
Ms.
Stephanie Miller, Chief, Bioeffects Division, AFRL 711 HPW/RHD
Speed of
Light to the Fight: Transitioning Directed Energy to the Warfighter
Dr.
Mark Spencer, Future Director of the JDETO
Army’s
Directed Energy Prototyping and S&T
Activities
Dr.
Neset Akozbek, Senior Research Scientist for Directed Energy, U.S. Army SMDC
Directed
Energy Moving Forward at AFRL
Dr. Don Shiffler, Air Force Chief Scientist
for DE
Beam Control
Tracking & Adaptive Optics
Demonstration
of Active Beam Control for Laser Applications
Christopher
Wolfe, DEVCOM ARL given by Kenneth Kwashnak, SURVICE Engineering Company
Automatic
Target Detection, Classification, and Aimpoint Selection Using Deep Learning
Jae
Jun Kim, NPS
Investigation
of Incoherent Holography for Wavefront Characterization for DE Applications
Harshil
Dave, NRL
Beam Combining
An
Interferometric Fiber Distance Sensor Array for the Sub-Nanometer
Vivek
Badami, Zygo Corporation
Systems & Architectures
High
Energy Laser Counter-Antiship Cruise Missile Program (HELCAP)
Matthew
Ketner, ONR
Overview
of End-to-End-Model Beam Control Capabilities
Craig
Smith, AFRL / DE Directorate / Ball Aerospace
Servo Control
Heterogeneous
Communication Between Executive Controllers and Subsystems
Franz
Chavez, MZA Associates Corp.
Aero Optics
A Flow
Control Concept for Aero-Optics using Numerical Simulations
Sarah
Adams, University of Southern California
Computational
Analysis of Surface Acoustics for Flow Control Systems
Kevin
Lieb, Texas A&M University
Effects
of Shock Waves on Shack Hartmann Wavefront Sensor Measurements
Matthew
Kalensky, NSWC Dahlgren
Optics for Beam Control
Revolutionary
Beam Control Options
Paul
McManamon, Exciting Technology LLC
Innovative
Freeform Optics Design and Manufacturing for Laser Beam Shaping
Mitchell
Soufleris, PowerPhotonic Inc.
Atmospheric Propagation
Modeling & Measurement
Influence
of Urban Land Cover on Optical Turbulence
Udaysankar
Nair, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Day-Ahead
Optical Turbulence (Cn2) Forecasting in Support of the NATO SET-304 Field Trial
Sukanta
Basu, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany
5-Channel
Open Path Optical Extinction Analyzer
David
Morgan, Nikira Labs
The
Spatial Coherence Radius of a Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Beam: The Ouroboros
Radius PAPER
Dr.
Samantha Gregory, Radiance Technologies Inc / RCCTO USMA
Scintillated
Laser Beam Camera Imagery to Determine the Spatial Coherence Radius Incident on
Target
Dr.
Samantha Gregory, Radiance Technologies Inc / RCCTO USMA
A New
Approach to Modelling Orbital Angular Momentum of Light Through Lenses within a
Turbulent Media PAPER
Enzo Kim, USNA
High-Speed
Image Processing and Beam Spot Characterization for Atmospheric Turbulence
Studies of HEL Propagation
Daniel
Whitley, The University of Alabama in Huntsville SMAP Center
Assessment
of High Resolution NWP Parameters and their Contribution to WIP Performance to
Aid HEL Testing
2nd
Lt. Jordan Murdock, GTRI
Application
of Weighted Beer’s Law to Account for Atmospheric Extinction Effects upon
Spectrally-Broadened High-Energy Laser Sources
Benjamin
Rinaldi, AFIT
Turbulence
Measurements and Simulations with Sonic Anemometry
Jack
McCrae, AFIT
Simulating
Atmospheric Propagation through Dynamic Real-Time Weather Conditions
Jonathan
Wells, NIWC Atlantic
Development
of Buoy Based Nodal Atmospheric Characterization Tools
Alex Clark, BlueHalo given by Shannon
Baeske, BlueHalo
Measurement & Analysis
Evaluation
of NAVSLaM Cn2 with in-situ Measurements from Aerial Systems in the
Coastal Environments
Ryan Yamaguchi, NPS
Experimental
Measurement of Aerosol Absorption at the SMDC Thermal Blooming Chamber
Jay Land, USASMDC
Atmospheric
and Optical Turbulence Measurements in the Maritime Environment for
Improvements to LEEDR Marine Wave Boundary Layer Characterizations
Jaclyn
Schmidt, AFIT
Evaluation
of Aerodynamic vs Bowen Ratio Energy Balance Profiling Techniques to Evaluate
Eddy Fluctuations and Optical Turbulence (Cn2)
Yogendra
Raut, AFIT
Determining
the Bulk Refractive Index of Airborne Particles from Aerosol Extinction
Measurements, Particle Counts and Size Distributions
Benjamin
Rinaldi, AFIT
Analysis
of TISTEF HEL Maritime Test
Conor
Pogue, NIWC Pacific
ICOS
Deployment
2LT
Quincy Zawadzky, AFRL
Laser Sources
Fibers
2 μm
Power Scaling at AFRL
Dr.
Brian Anderson, AFRL
Pulsed Lasers
300W
Pulsed 2-Micron Illuminator Laser
Steven
Rako, Areté
Diodes & DPAL
Cool
DPAL: Numerical Simulations
Dr.
Bill Hersman, Xemed LLC
Cool
DPAL: Experimental Progress
Dr.
Bill Hersman, Xemed LLC
Study of
Rb Atoms Ionization and Recombination Processes in the Gain Medium of Rb DPAL
Boris
Zhdanov, BVZ, Inc.
Advancements
in High Power Diffraction-Limited Tapered Diode Lasers
Dr.
Jenna Campbell, Freedom Photonics
Components & Manufacturing
A Single
Mode Fiber Connector for Multi-kW Fiber Lasers
Conor
Byrne, Coherent Corp.
When to
Use the Frequency Domain TMI Fiber Model
Dr.
Jacob Grosek, AFRL DE Directorate, Laser Division
Laser Sources and Atmospheric Propagation - Short
Pulsed Lasers
Fostering
Collaboration and Expanding Access to High-Power Laser Facilities: An Overview
of LaserNetUS
Dr.
Chandra Breanne Curry, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Opportunities
For Directed Energy Research with Femtosecond Long-Wavelength Lasers PAPER
Igor
Pogorelsky, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Laser Effects
Noise
Floor Effects of RF Emission via Laser Induced Plasma
Melvin
Pascoguin, NIWC Pacific
Army
Mobile Precision Scoring System (AMPSS)
Jonathan
Frady, USASMDC
Pulsed Lasers
Laser
Induced Shockwave Effects
Michael
Mahoney, NAWC Weapons Division
Particle
in Cell Simulations of 9.2 Micron Laser Pulse Interactions with Solid Matter
Targets
Dr.
Travis Garrett, AFRL
Laser
Bioeffects
HEL Field
Test at Kennedy Space Center/TISTEF: Target Reflectance Measurements
Dr.
Semih Kumru, AFRL, 711 HPW/RHD
A
Geographic Mapping Approach for Stray Laser Energy Producing Systems
Mr.
Chad Oian, AFRL, 711HPW/RHD
The
Missing Link: Human Opportunities for Directed Energy in Mission and Engagement
Level Simulation Frameworks
Dr.
Raniero Lara-Garduno, AFRL, 711HPW/RHD
HEL Lethality
Subsonic
Cruise Missile HEL Lethality Assessment
Ethan
Barton, Radiance Technologies/USASMDC
The
Development of Smart Vulnerability Estimates
Chuck
LaMar, USASMDC
An
Investigation of High Energy Laser-Material Interactions Using Finite Element
and Analytic Modeling
Brian
Curran, NPS
Emerging
Army Methodologies and Tools for HEL Lethality
Dr.
Glenn Romanczuk, USASMDC
Wideband and Ultra-wideband HPM Technologies and
Effects
High-Power
Wideband Systems for MIL-STD-464C and Counter UAV/UAS
Matthew
Lara, Applied Physical Electronics L.C.
RF Effects
on Electronics Predictor for UWB Lethality
Dr.
Robert Gardner, GTRI
UWB-HPM
Simulators for Advanced Threat Assessment
Dr.
Zachary Drikas, NRL
High-Power
Solid-State Ultra-Wideband Sources as Scalable and Threat-Agnostic
Countermeasures for Electronic Target Defeat
Joseph
Croman, NRL
HPM Materials, Components, and
Solid-State Technology
Performance
characterization of inkjet-printed RF-absorbing metamaterials
Dr.
Dragoslav Grbovic, NPS
Light
Weight Insulators for HPM High Voltage Feedthroughs and Windows
Dr.
Susie Eustis, Diversified Technologies, Inc.
RF
Ionization Breakdown due to Standing Wave Enhancement on a High Power Microwave
Phased Array at Atmospheric Pressures PAPER
Han Lin, Epirus Inc
HPM Vacuum Sources and Coupling Models
Modeling
the Conducted Susceptibility of an Integrated Circuit Port to High-Frequency RF
Waveforms PAPER
Aaron
Harmon, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Measurement
of the Transition to Oscillation in the Recirculating Planar Crossed-Field
Amplifier
Christopher
Swenson, University of Michigan
Comparison
of Random Coupling Model to Stochastic Green’s Function when Coupling to a
Distributed Port PAPER
Ms.
Evelyn Dohme, University of New Mexico
Estimation
of the Worst-Case Coupling to Complex Devices using the Equivalent Circuit
Approach
Dr.
Ahmed Hassan, Institute Defense &
Energy, UMKC
DE Intermediate Force Capabilities
/ NLW
Introduction
Directed Energy
Non-Lethal Intermediate Force Capability Session
Steven
Parrish, JIFCO
JIFCO
Active Denial Technologies Roadmap and Portfolio
Dr.
Simin Feng, JIFCO
High
Density 250kW Prime Power Prototype for Directed Energy Systems
Hernando Munevar, Candent Technologies, Inc.
Development
of Functional Reconfigurable Metamaterial-Enabled Antennas for High-Power
Microwave Applications
Galestan
Mackertich-Sengerdy, Pennsylvania State University
OsmoGenset:
Ultra High Power Density Heavy Fuel Generator
Mitch
Jones, GreenSight
JIFCO HMP
Attack and Vessel Stopping Efforts
Madhurima
Cevallos, NSWC Dahlgren
Broadband
Antenna Patches for Non-Linear Metamaterial Applications
Jesus Gil Gil, NRL
Power & Thermal
Advanced
Additive Manufacturing Solutions for Directed Energy TMS
Phillip Armstrong, Mott Corporation
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning
Enhancing
C-UAS HEL Tracker Deployability and Clutter-Resilience with MLOps
Blake
Anderton, Radiance Technologies
Coherent
Plug-and-Play Artifact Removal: Physics-Based Deep Learning for Imaging Through
Aberrations
Dr.
Mark Spencer, USINDOPACOM
Modeling
Optical Turbulence in the Surface Layer Using Machine Learning and
Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory
Amanda
Coleman, NPS
Use of
Carbonyl as an Infrared Reporter for Probing the Nature of Charges in
Donor-Acceptor Type Conjugated Molecules
Trudy
Bolin, University of New Mexico
Mission Level Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
Propagation
to Space
Pierce
Garver, USMA
Vulnerability
and Effects / Human and Real-World Factors
Laser
Beam Profile Analysis with MATLAB PAPER
Kenneth
Kwashnak, SURVICE Engineering Company
Simulating
HEL Lethality with Complex CAD Geometries
Alex
Shelander, NPS
Digital
Capabilities Directorate Corporate Model Analyze (CMA) Briefing to DEPS
Dr.
Casey Pirnstill, AFRL / RHD
Cyber
Tradecraft Selection for Joint All Domain Operations, Simulation Battle
Management in AFSIM with Fusion
Mr.
Pete Venero, Mile Two
Considerations
for Human-in-the-Loop Modeling and Simulation
Dr. Darl Lewis, AFRL DE Directorate
Engagement-Level Modeling and Simulation
Recent
Enhancements to the High Energy Laser End-to-End Operational Simulation
(HELEEOS) and the Weather Integration Prototype (WIP)
Dr.
Steven Fiorino, AFIT/ENP
Improved
Thermal Blooming Scaling Laws (ITBSL) for 1.06 μm High Energy Lasers
Dr.
Brian Strickland, USASMDC/ARSTRAT
Avoiding
the Crosswind Problem in HEL Propagation Scaling Codes
Jerry
Bukley, Radiance Technologies
Poster Sessions
Open Posters
Experimental
Measurements of HPM Output from Relativistic A6 Magnetron at UNM for DE and
non-DE Applications
Dr.
Andrey Andreev, University of New Mexico
The Use
of FEA Analysis in Optomechanical Design
Isaac
Brown, MZA Associates
Comparison
and Analysis of The Magic and PMS5003 Aerosol Sensors
Jacob
Cook, SMAP Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Ballistic,
Aero-Optics, and Materials (BAM) Range
Dr.
James Creel,Texas A&M University
System
Electromagnetic
Shielding for Secure Facilities
Nathan
Hansen, Electromagnetic Security Consortium
Data
Processing Optimization for High Speed Hartmann Turbulence Sensor (HTS) Path
Integrated Turbulence Measurements
Scott
Kaiser, University of Alabama Huntsville
Directed
Energy MET Station
James
Tovar, The University of Alabama Huntsville
Development
of Differential Temperature Sensor for Atmospheric Turbulence Characterization
Haylee Winters, The University of
Alabama Huntsville
Limited Distribution (CUI)
Posters
Predicting
Electromagnetic Coupling to PCBs using a Segmentation Modeling Approach
Daryl
Beetner, Missouri University of Science &
Technology
Three
Decades of Manufacturing High-Energy Meter-Scale Laser Optics
Richard
Boland, Zygo Corporation
Design
and Construction of an Arbitrary Pulse Compressive Amplifier
Cody
Goins, Missouri University of Science &
Technology
Glass
Dielectric Capacitors for Compact, High Energy Density Directed Energy Systems
Emily
Schrock, Sandia National Laboratories
DE Student Workshop
Summer
Intern to Mid-Career Scientist and Engineer: A Career in Directed Energy
Dr.
Mark Spencer, USINDOPACOM
AFIT
Directed Energy Summer Intern Program
Jaclyn
Schmidt, AFIT Center for DE
Surface
Layer Variability of Optical Turbulence Observed from a Coastal Land Tower PAPER
Melissa
JonMoore, NPS
The
Impact of Microphysics on Optical Attenuation in Fog - An Observational Study
Kelsey
Rowe, NPS
Phase
Mismatch in Optical Coatings for Multi-Wavelength Adaptive Optics
Zach
Tebow, University of Minnesota
The
Outdoor High Energy Laser Laboratory at the United States Military Academy
Jack
Feldman, Owen Taylor, Noah Hale, and Philip Williams, USMA
High
Energy Laser Propagation though Adverse Weather Conditions
Robert
Morrison, USMA
The
Legality of Using High-Energy Lasers in Space Interactions
Ashley
Clegg, USMA
Comparison
of Cn2 Measurement Tools for Determining Atmospheric Turbulence
Sean
Doherty, MIDN, USNA
Optimization,
Characterization, and Experimental Performance Analysis of 3D Printed Optical
Components and Systems
William
Freeman, MIDN, USNA
Post Weld
Heat Treatment of 6061 Aluminum Using a High Energy Laser
William
Anderson, MIDN, USNA
Testing
of a Compact High-Power Microwave System Utilizing a Novel Composite Based
Nonlinear Transmission Line Topology
Travis
Crawford, Purdue University
Magnetically
Insulated Line Oscillators Designed with a Brillouin Flow Model
Ryan Revolinsky, University of Michigan,
NERS – HPM
Development
and Implementation of Sonographic Diagnostics to Measure Plasma Energy
Deposition from a Laser Plasma Generated in Air
Anna
Janicek, University of New Mexico
Radiofrequency
Emission from 9.2-Micron Short Pulse Laser in Gases
Erin
Thornton, University of North Texas
Ultrafast
Parametric Laser Sources in MIR and LWIR for Filamentation Research
Jacob
Barker, University of Arizona
Enhancing
Nonlinear Susceptibility via Molecular Impulsive Alignment
Zhanna
Rodnova, University of Connecticut
Testing
for Breaklock Conditions of Tracking Algorithms
Derek
Burrell, The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Speed
Limits in a Rapidly Rotating Plasma
Jenny
Smith, University of Michigan
Lessons Learned about Optical Damage in High Repetition Rate
Laser Systems
Ryan
Ellis, Laser Plasma Laboratory
Efficient
Gain-compatible Integrated Optical Phased Array
Michael
Nickerson, University of California, Santa Barbara Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Materials
Approaches to Thermal Management in Fiber Lasers
Bailey
Meehan, Clemson University
Modeling
and Mitigation of Transverse Mode Instability in High-Power Fiber Amplifiers
John
Hunt, University of Minnesota
Pump
Power Threshold Limitations in Fiber Amplifiers with Both the Brillouin and
Transverse Mode Instabilities
Joshua
Young, Baylor University
