DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

Limited Distribution Event Proceedings
2024 Annual Directed Energy S&T Symposium

The items listed below constitute the unclassified, limited distribution (D) proceedings from the 2024 Annual Directed Energy S&T Symposium. Distribution of these proceedings is authorized only to employees of U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors. Persons with the necessary credentials can purchase these proceedings from the DEPS office; email merchandise@deps.org with your request.

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Attendees List

DEPS Annual Membership Report

Symposium Proceedings

Plenary Session

 

Directed Energy Weapon Supply Chains: Securing the Path to the Future

Ms. Rebecca Wostenberg, NDIA Senior Director for Research

 

Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (JDETO) Update

Dr. Mark Spencer, Director, JDETO, OUSD(R&E)

 

Directed Energy at Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. Don Shiffler, Chief Scientist for Directed Energy, AFRL/RD

 

 

HPM Antennas and Networks

 

Challenges, Solutions, and the Future of High Power Microwave Antennas    PAPER

Hannah Trock, Anna Janicek, AFRL/RDH

 

Phased Array Radar, the new HPM Beam Director?    PAPER

Steve Van Dyke, Microwave Applications Group

 

A Simple HPM Antenna that Works with Many Waveguide Modes

Robert Koslover, SARA

 

 

Advanced Microwave Sources

 

A Solid State Gyromagnetic Nonlinear Transmission Line with Exponential Taper for High Power Microwave Generation

Travis Crawford, Allen Garner, Purdue University

 

Small Form Factor HPM for Tube Launched Drones

Vincent Squitieri, Epirus

 

 

Electromagnetic Effects

 

The Feasibility of a Direct Injection Probe with a Capacitively Coupled Return and Integrated Voltage Monitor

Aaron Harmon, Daniel Szanto, Victor Khilkevich, Daryl Beetner, Missouri S&T

 

 

Power and Thermal for DE

 

High Power Advanced Li-S Batteries for Directed Energy Systems

David Olawale, Valgotech

 

Hazard Analysis of DC Arc Flash from Electrochemical Prime Power

Nicolaus Jennings, David Wetz, University of Texas and John Heinzel, NSWC Philadelphia

 

Analysis and Design of Compact High-Voltage Power Supplies Optimized for Directed Energy Applications

Daniel Schemmel, B. Cornella, J. Parson, S. Calico, J. Neuber, SARA

 

SERENE Generator - Silent Electrical Radioisotope Energy for Nomadic Expeditions

Eric Bentsen, Cerebral Energy

 

In-Fiber Thermal Management Through Anti-Stokes Fluorescence

Bailey Meehan, Thomas Hawkins, John Ballato, Clemson University and Alexander Pietros, Peter Dragic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Chun-Wei Chen, Michel Digonnet, Stanford University and Magnus Engholm, Mid Sweden University

 

 

Pulsed Lasers and Propagation

 

High Energy Picosecond Laser Filament-Guided Electrical Discharges in Air at 1 kHz Repetition Rate

Jorge Rocca, Y. Wang, K. Dehne, A. Higginson, F. Tomase, M. Capeluto, V. Shlyaptsev, Colorado State University

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

Improving the Quantum Efficiency in Erbium Doped Fibers with High Doping Concentrations Via Nanoparticle Doping: A Path Towards Power Scaling to Greater Than 1 kW

Peter Dragic, Jennifer Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mary Ann Cahoon, Bailey Meehan, Thomas Hawkins, John Ballato, Clemson University

 

Thermal Management and the Power Scaling of Fiber Lasers for Directed Energy Applications

Peter Dragic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Thomas Hawkins, John Ballato, Clemson University and Michel Digonnet, Stanford University

 

Temperature Eigenfunctions for Accelerated Time-domain Transverse Mode Instability Simulation

John Hunt, J. Talghader, University of Minnesota

 

Two-Tone, Polarization Scrambled Fiber Laser Power Scaling

Arjun Vinze, Johns Hopkins University

 

 

Novel Lasers

 

Optical Designs from the Mind’s Eye PAPER

Rodney Harris, River Electro-Optics, LLC

 

 

Laser Effects

 

Finite Element Modeling of Laser Damage-induced Drag and Lateral Forces on an Airborne Object

Marcos Gonzalez-Rafols, D. Grbovic, K. Cohn, J. Blau, Naval Postgraduate School

 

 

Atmospheric Propagation

 

Modeling & Numerical Weather Prediction

 

Improving Numerical Weather Prediction of Optical Turbulence Through Observational Constraints

Yuling Wu, Udaysankar Nair, Christopher Phillips, Arastoo Biazar, Daniel Whitley, U. of Alabama Huntsville and Jay Land, U.S. Army SMDC

 

Using AI/ML

 

In-Situ Machine-Learning-Based High-Rate Atmospheric Path Characterization Sensing Signal Forecasting

Mikhail Vorontsov, University of Dayton/Optonica and Vladixlav Pravilnikov, Optonica

 

Machine Learning Prediction of Optical Turbulence Using Two-Level Observations Collected over a Year at NRL-CEOBS

Amanda Coleman, J. Blau, K Cohn, Naval Postgraduate School

 

Measurement & Analysis

 

Persistent Data Collection Site (PDCS) in North Alabama: An Observational Testbed for the Development of ACDS

Daniel Whitley, Udaysankar Mair, Matthew Austin, Michael Yurochak,, U. of Alabama Huntsville and Jay Land, Radiance Technologies

 

Comparison of Path-Resolved Optical Turbulence Measurements Using Two MZA DELTAs

Danica Konyk, J. Blau, K. Cohn, A. Coleman, Naval Postgraduate School

 

Modeling & Measurement

 

Atmospheric Characterization Diagnostics System: Aerosol Optical Properties Model Development and Evaluation

Udaysankar Nair, Therese Parkes, Daniel Whitley, Yuling Wu, Christopher Phillips, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Jay Land, U. S. Army SMDC

 

Outer Length Scales in Convective Boundary Layers

Sukanta Basu, University at Albany

 

Atmospheric Characterization Diagnostics System: Optical Turbulence Model Development and Evaluation

Udaysankar Nair, Daniel Whitley, Yuling Wu, Christopher Phillips, Michael Yorovchak, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Jay Land, U. S. Army SMDC

 

 

Beam Control

 

Optics

 

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Design and Experiments

Jae Jun Kim, Brij Agrawal, Naval Postgraduate School

 

Adaptive Optics, Tracking M&S

 

Tracking Limitations Imposed on Beam-Control Systems Without Adaptive-Optics Compensation

Matthew Kalensky, Darren Getts, Mark Spencer, NSWC Dahlgren

 

Lasers and Their Application in Space-Based Solar Power Systems

Jacob Lowe, U.S. Navy

 

Wavefront Sensing and Control in Strong Scintillations: A Framework for Iterative Phase Retrieval Technique Integration

Mikhail Vorontsov, University of Dayton/Optonica and Ernst Polnau, University of Dayton

 

Aero-Optics

 

Numerical Simulation of Aero-Optical Distortion for Supersonic Mixing Layers

Andreas Gross, Pedro Castillo, Roberto Torres, New Mexico State University

 

Synthetic Wavefront Generation for Aero-Optics Correction

Jeffrey Utley, Gregery Buzzard, Charles Bouman, Purdue University and Matthew Kemnetz, Air Force Research Laboratory

 

Experimental Investigation of Aero-Optical Distortions due to Turbulent Boundary Layers at Large Backward-Looking Angles

Stanislav Gordeyev, Luke Butler, University of Notre Dame

 

Optical Effects of a Temperature-Mismatched and Species-Mismatched Supersonic Mixing Layer, and Thermal Effects on a Film-Cooled Optical Window

Aaron Fassler, University of Notre Dame

 

Using AI/ML

 

Phase Discontinuity Classification from Single-Aperture Irradiance Patterns Using Machine Learning

Thomas DeFoor, University of Notre Dame

 

 

Mission Level MS&A

 

Exploring the Use of a Ground-Based Laser to Deorbit Small Orbital Debris

Thomas Colvin,Jericho Locke, NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy

 

Improving our Understanding of Novel Weapon Effectiveness

Daniel Bray, Alasdair Jones, Matt Ross, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

 

Utilizing a DE System as a Cooperative Transmitter for Bistatic Radar

Tyler Miller, Epirus

 

 

Poster Session

 

Open Posters

 

Multi-Threat Engineered Diamond Armor Layer (MEDAL) Material

Eric Bentsen, Cam Chidiac, Tyler Dolmetsch, Cerebral Energy

 

Wavelength-Agile Raman Plasma (WARP) Amplification Technology

Eric Bentsen, Cam Chidiac, Cerebral Energy

 

Quantum-Induced Electrical Deadzone (QIED) Area Denial and Blackout Device

Eric Bentsen, Cam Chidiac, Cerebral Energy

 

Utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Optical Turbulence Prediction and Diagnosis

Ankur Kumar, Joseph Bonnuchi, Udaysankar Nair, Daniel Whitley, Yuling Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Jay Land, Radiance Technologies

 

Computational Toolkit for Processing Sonic Anemometer Observations from the PCDS

Jacob Cook, Richard Minor, Udaysankar Nair, Daniel Whitley, U. of Alabama Huntsville

 

Deformable Mirrors in Directed Energy

Jonathan DiFabio, Jeffrey Cavaco, Audrey Brooks, AOA Xinetics

 

Evaluation of Pure and Composite Phase Change Materials Designed for DE Pulsed Thermal Load Applications

Terry DuBois, Olivia Rogers, Ted Reyes, US Army, DEVCOM, C5ISR, Power Div.

 

Broadband Antenna Patches for Non-Linear Metamaterial Applications (Update)

Jesus Gil Gil, Dimitrios Loannou, NRL

 

Packaging Design and Victory Device Simulations of a SiC Drift Step Recovery Diode

David Graves, Megan Lehmann Argenis Bilbao, Stephen Bayne, Texas Tech University and Emily Schrock, Sandia National Laboratories

 

HEL Deformable Mirrors and Fast Steering Mirrors

Jesse Jameson, Justin Mansell, Brandon Dyer, Active Optical Systems, LLC

 

Chaotic Noise Algorithm Development and Linewidth Broadener Design

Dan Matyas, US Army SMDC and Zachary Helton, Aubrey Beal, University of Alabama at Huntsville

 

Computation of Cn2 from the PDCS Sonic Anemometer Observations

Richard Minor, Jacob Cook, Udaysankar Nair, Yuling Wu, Daniel Whitley, Jay Land, U. of Alabama Huntsville

 

Locating Components Responsible for Radiated Susceptibilities Using a Mode Stirred Tent

McKennan Starkey, C. Goins, A. Harmon, A. Hassan, J. McGeehan, V. Khilkevich, D. Beetner Missouri S&T

 

 

Education Workshop

 

CDEW/HEL/BC

 

AFIT Directed Energy Summer Intern Program

Sara Topp, AFIT

 

High Power Demonstration of Low Loss Fusion Splice of Solid-Core Fiber to Hollow-Core Fiber

Tim Bate, Joseph Wahlen, Oles Fylypiv, Jose Antonio-Lopez, Axel Schülzgen, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, University of Central Florida

 

An Interferometric Method for Measuring Phase Variation in Reflection Coatings for Multi-Wavelength Adaptive Optics

Zach Tebow, J. Hunt, A. Ogloza, J. Talghader, University of Minnesota

 

Integrated Cooling of Additively Manufactured Optical Components with Applications in Directed Energy    PAPER

Christian Arbeeny, Connor Smith, Charles Nelson, Brian Jenkins, U.S. Naval Academy

 

Measurement of Optical Turbulence with Single and Double Sided Methodology in the Near-maritime Environment   PAPER

Toby Davis, U.S. Naval Academy

 

USPL/HPM

 

Ultrafast Parametric Laser Source in LWIR for Strong-Field Science

Jacob Barker, Pavel Polykin, University of Arizona

 

Nanosecond Pulsed Fiber Laser Development

Ryan Ellis, University of Central Florida

 

Boosting Radio Frequency Radiation with Collisional Processes in Picosecond Laser Filamentation

Erin Thornton, Jennifer Elle, Travis Garrett, University of North Texas

 

Speed Limits in a Rapidly Rotating Plasma

Jenny Smith, John Foster, Remington Reid, University of Michigan

 

 
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