19 th Annual Directed Energy Symposium Overview Agenda

Monday Short Courses AM (0800-1200)

• Introduction to HEL Systems - John Wachs and Tom Meyer • Windows and Coatings for HEL Systems- Bill Decker • Bio-Effects (Lim D)- Gordon Hengst Short Courses PM (1300-1700)

• Transitioning DE Technology to the Warfighter- Bill Decker • RF Directed Energy Effects (Secret)- Timothy Clarke and Julie Lawrence • Optical Turbulence- Joe Watkins • Introduction to RF Systems (Secret)- Dr. Mark Rader ALL-DAY Short Course (0800-1700)

• Introduction to High Energy Laser Lethality Science- Chuck LaMar, Dave Lyman, Tom Schriempf

Tuesday AM Opening Plenary

Tuesday PM DE Systems

• Status of USMC Directed Energy Weapon Review and Approval Process (DE Weapon RAP) - Stuart Shoppell • Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) Directed Energy (DE) On-the-Move (OTM) Program Overview- Jorge Hernandez • Joint Laser Deconfliction and Safety System Test Program- James Latourell • Integration and System Readiness Level Tools for Technology Transition- Dr. Sean Ross • High Energy Laser Mobile Test Truck (HELMTT) Participation in the Maneuver Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX) 2016- Adam Aberle • Military Applications of Laser Power Beaming - Tom Nugent • Fielding Operationally Viable Directed Energy Weapons- Dr. David Stoudt

HPRF Systems and Technologies

• Miniaturization and performance enhancement of ferrite NLTL HPRF sources through simulation and measurement- Dr. Ogheneyunume Obi • Order of Magnitude Reduction of the Volume and Weight of a High Power Helical Antenna Array with Dielectric Loading- Dr. Kevin O’Connor • Computational Electromagnetic Modeling and RF Characterization of Broadband Radiation Generation by Excitation of Superconducting and Cu-based Loop Antennas - Timothy Haugan • Solid State Active Denial Technology (SS-ADT) W-Band Demonstration System and Related W- Band Research Initiatives- Thomas Shadis • Solid State High Power RF Short Pulse Array In-Air Power Combining - Shawn Higgins • Tunable Broadband GHz/THz Electromagnetic Radiation Generated Via Ultrafast Laser Pulsing of Inductively Charged Superconducting Antennas- Timothy Haugan • ICEPIC simulations of CPI BMD’s S-Band VMS-1143B Magnetron - Andrey Andreev

HEL Effects

• Solid State Laser Testbed Dynamic Scoring System: Recent Upgrades and Performance Results - Daniel Duffin • Summary of Fiberglass Testing- Allan Westenhofer • HEL Lethality of Carbon Fiber Materials - Fabiola Lopez • High Energy Laser Weapon Performance Measurement in Dynamic Engagements - Charles LaMar • Generic Small-UAV Lethality Target - the Mallard- Allan Westenhofer • Laser Induced Damage Measurements on Silica Windows with Antireflective Surface Structures at 1064 nm - Lynda Busse

Student Sessions

• Objective Architecture for Tactical Energy Management of Directed Energy Weapons- Bonnie Johnson • A Systems Engineering Approach to the Employment of High Energy Lasers (HELS) in a Multi- Platform Engagement Scenario - Bonnie Johnson • SBS Investigations of an All-Solid Ytterbium-doped Photonic Bandgap Fiber Amplifier- Cody Mart • Novel Concepts for Slow Wave Structures used in High Power Backward Wave Oscillators- Ushemadzoro Chipengo • Modification of fine-structure collisional transfer cross sections in dense inert buffer gases- Jeremiah Wells • Electrical Characterization of Lightweight Nanocarbon Materials for High Energy Laser Positional Sensor (HELPS) Applications- Andrew Jevitt • Atmospheric Optical Turbulence: Model Comparison and Relative Terrestrial Influence on Diurnal Trends in a Range of Maritime Environments - William Bourque

Poster Session and Exhibitor Reception

WEDNESDAY AM HEL Technology 1

• Characterization of a diode pumped alkali laser with a flowing gain medium- Dr. Greg Pitz • Transient and Steady State Thermal Characterization of High Energy Laser Beam Dissipation in Turbulent Fluid Media - Andrew Hall • All Fiber Coherent Beam Combiner- Greg Goodno • Evolution of Super-High Efficiency Fiber-Coupled Sources (SHEFS) for All-Fiber MOPAs- Dr. Aland Chin • Measurement of critical for damage temperatures in gain medium of operating DPAL- Dr. Boris Zhdanov • Unstable resonator design for Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers- Dr. Glen Perram • Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Argon in a High Pressure Capacitively Coupled Discharge- Ben Eshel

Beam Control Systems and Technology

• Synthetic Scene Generation of Actively Illuminated Targets - Dr. Jonathan Stohs • DAFHI (Dynamic Acquisition for HEL Integration): Update- Timothy Wolfe • Evaluation of Two State-of-the-Art Inertial Reference Units- Evan Threlkeld • Adaptive Optics Research and Capabilities at the Starfire Optical Range- Dr. Michael Steinbock • ABCD Waves-Optics Modeling Progress and Updates - Dr. Michael Steinbock • Modelling Waveguide Generated Mitigation of Speckle on an Actively Illuminated Target - Trevor Moore • Modeling Coherence Reduction in a Light Pipe via Coherent Mode Representations - Robert Raynor

Power and Thermal for DE

• Experimental Study of Ice Thermal Energy Storage in a High Rate Heat Exchanger- Dr. John Bustamante • SWaP-Optimized Liquid Nitrogen Generator Comprised of Commercially Proven Components - Joshua Sole • Compact 250 kV Capacitors for Directed Energy Applications: Test Results and Impacts - Dr. Randy Curry • Thermal Management Challenges in Integrating Laser Weapon Systems- Dr. Sean Ross • Advances in Fuel Cells Power Sources for Directed Energy Applications - William Smith • Evaluation of the Performance of COTS Diode Laser Fiber Pumps Over a Wide Temperature Range and Modeling of the Subsequent Trade-offs in HEL Thermal System Design- George Turner • Fast charge algorithm for large Lithium Ion battery packs- Gary Grider

Beam Propagation

• TBA- David Weston • TBA- Michael Frede • Laboratory Generation of Aero-Optics Turbulence to Simulate a Slewing Airborne Turret- David Dayton

Classified Sessions

• Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) Laser Lethality Testing by SMDC: Recent Results • Vulnerability of the Passenger Compartment of Ground Vehicles to HEL Weapons • Vulnerability of the Drive Train of Ground Vehicles to HEL Weapons • HPEM Effects on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) • Air Force Directed Energy Weapons Flight Plan • Electro-Optics Counter-Measures for • Linear Photonic Switch Status

WEDNESDAY PM HEL Technology 2

• Wavelength Agility of a Two-Photon Pumped Alkali Laser - Nathan Haluska • Spectroscopy of Metastable Xenon in High Pressure Plasma Discharges- Carl Sanderson • Development of All-Crystalline Clad Single Crystal Fiber for High Power Lasers- Brandon Shaw • VECSELs as a Fiber Laser Pump Source for Directed Energy Applications- John Joseph • Functional crystalline materials for high energy solid state lasers- Dr. Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin • Pulsed discharge – diode pumped Ar* laser - Michael Heaven • Safety Considerations for Laser Power Beaming- Tom Nugent • The Self Q-Switched Tm/Ho Doped Co-Axial Fiber Laser - George Newburgh

Beam Propagation

• Estimation of atmospheric parameters from time-lapse imagery- Dr. Santasri Bose-Pillar • Demonstration of the Maritime Atmospheric Characterization System Atmospheric Transmission Measurement (MACS ATM) LIDAR- Dr. Christopher Valenta • Opto-mechanical Sensitivity Analysis for the Integrated Atmospheric Characterization System Optical Turbulence Profiler (IACS OTP)- Nathan Meraz • Characterization of atmospheric properties with small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)- Alex Clark • Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy for DPAL, COIL and SSL Systems in Open Paths- Dr. Christopher Rice • Analysis of Turbulence Anisotropy Measured with a Hartmann Sensor- Jack McCrae • Dual-beacon differential image motion monitor for measuring atmospheric turbulence at horizontal paths- Daniel Whitley

Power and Thermal for DE

• Prediction of the Junction Temperatures of Single Emitters in a High-Energy Laser Diode Bar - Bongtae Han • Hybrid method to predict spectral power distribution of high-energy laser diode arrays- Bongtae Han • Coolant Flow Reduction in HEL Thermal Management Systems Using Acceleration-Insensitive Two-Phase Microchannel Heatsinks - Geoff Campbell • Advantages and Suitability of Utilizing Hydrated Salts for High-Rate Low-SWaP Thermal Energy Storage - Nicholas Maniscalco • Status of Cryogenic/Superconducting Components for MW-Class Electric Power Systems - Timothy Haugan • Thermal Mitigation of Transient Pulses- Dr. Lauren Boteler

Education Workshop- Session 1 (1300-1700) Counter DEW

• Cleanly HEL Ablating Camouflage Coatings - Jesse Duncan • Thermal Penetration Protection of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composite - Matthew Evans • Protecting Printed Circuit Boards Under High Power Microwave Emissions - Nien-hua Chao • Recent Developments at NSRDEC in Microwave Reflective Materials- Dr. Francisco Aranda • Microwave Reflections from Laser Produced Atmospheric-Plasmas and Acoustic Shocks- Dr. Michael Helle • Development of HEL Hardened UAS Skin Systems - Dr. Robert Cozzens • Chaff for Counter High Energy Laser Defense- Dr. Kevin Boulais

THURSDAY AM Non-DoD Applications: Propulsion

• A Concept for Producing Very Large Propulsive Forces using High-Q Asymmetric High Energy Laser Resonators - Dr. Travis Taylor • Solar Sails and Directed Energy: Next Steps toward a Space Propulsion Infrastructure - Les Johnson • Directed Energy for Small Relativistic Probes to Enable Interstellar Exploration - Philip Lubin • A Strategic Roadmap for Commercializing Low-Cost Beamed Energy Propulsion Launch Systems - Prof. Jonathan Coopersmith • Hybrid Laser-Chemical Rocket Engine and Launch System - Jodan Kare • A Means to Assess and Validate the Effects of Ground Based High Energy Lasers on Small Satellites for Proving Propulsion and Increasing Power Available- Peter Weiland • Laser Tractor Beams for Retrieval of Macroscopic Objects in Space - John Sinko

Modeling & Simulation

• Development, Incorporation and Testing of an Index-of-Refraction Variance Transport Solver within the NASA FUN3D CFD Model: FUN3D-IRS - Dr. William Coirier • An Overview of the CFD-AO Model and Recent Upgrades- Dr. William Coirier • Model for Visualizing HEL - Target Interaction- Dr. Gamze Erten • 711 Human Performance Wing Support to Modeling and Simulation Weapon Concepts - Richard Vickery • 4D Weather Cubes and CFLOS from Numerical Weather Prediction Data - Major Jarred Burley • Evaluation of Probabilistic Climatology as a Determiner for HEL System Performance - Jaclyn Schmidt • Comparison of polychromatic wave-optics models- Noah Van Zandt

HEL Technology 3

• Irradiance Collection Readout System (ICRS) HEL Mortar Target Testing- David Ward • HELMTT and MEHEL Laser Diagnostics Using LBADS at MFIX 2016- Bo Henderson • HELMTT Laser Diagnostics Using LBADS at RTC 2.0 & 2.5- Bo Henderson • Highly Efficient Operation of a Double-Clad Er-Nanoparticle-Doped Fiber Laser- Jun Zhang

Ultra Short Pulse Laser

• Experimental Demonstration of Nonlinear Self-Guiding of a High-Power Laser Beam through Deep Turbulence - Gregory DiComo • AFRL PHEENIX Laser Experiment - Andreas Schmitt-Sody • High Power Picosecond Carbon Dioxide Laser based on Injection Seeded Unstable Resonator- Dr. Daniel Gordon

HP RF and CDEW

• High-Power Airborne Microwave Optimization Tool- Bonnie Johnson • Recent Results of Silicon-based Photoconductive Solid-State Switches for 500-kHz Continuous Pulse-Repetition-Frequency - Noah Kramer • A measurement system for, and introduction of materials with expected RF power dependent complex permittivity and permeability- John Lancaster • Solid-State Material Development for Counter-HPM Applications S- Stephan Young • The Directed Energy Test Science and Technology Non-Intrusive HPM Sensor Program - Jeffrey Schleher

THURSDAY PM Non-DoD Applications: Power Beaming

• Directed Energy Commercialization: The International Beams-2-Biotech Private-Public Partnership - Dr. Paul Shirley • Directed Energy for Wireless Power Beaming in Space-borne Applications- Hooman Kazemi • Progress in Microwave Power Transmission - W.C. Brown Re-Visited- James McSpadden • Power Beaming to an Energy Storage Air Ship – Daniel O’Neil • Pulse Power for Rock Excavation- Peter Weiland • Directed Energy for Planetary Defense and Asteroid Manipulation - Travis Brashears • Directed Energy: Enabler of Human Expansion into the Solar System- Sandy Montgomery

Modeling & Simulation

• Simulation of Pulsed Laser-induced Environmental Changes on Laser Propagation- Dr. Steven Fiorino • Directed Energy Models and Effects Repository Tutorial- Grady Patterson • Integrated Weapon Concept Analysis: An Iterative Approach to the M&S Pyramid - Linda Lamberson • DE Weaponeering: The Road to JMEMs - Linda Lamberson • Jittered Uniform Annular Beams- Dr. Charles Albers • Polarimetric Monte Carlo modeling of spherical particles in the atmosphere- Dr. Brett Hokr • Predictive Thermal Model for Phase Change within Steel Heated by Laser Energy - Noah Siegel

Ultra Short Pulse Laser

• Beaconless AO Technique for Beam Control of the Ultra-Short Pulse Laser- Dr. Vladimir Markov • Air Lasing through femtosecond filamentation- Pavel Polynkin • High Power Picosecond Carbon Dioxide Laser: Modeling and Design*- Dr. Luke Johnson • Scintillation statistics in optically nonlinear, turbulent atmosphere - Dr. John Palastro • Extreme Light Interactions with Liquid Targets at Relativistic Conditions- Dr. William Roquemore • Extreme-Light Interactions with Liquid Targets at Relativistic Conditions- Dr. William Roquemore

Education Workshop- Session 2 (1300-1700)