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6. Glossary
anti-structure laser weapon; arme laser anti-structures
Laser system including a very high-power, multi-kilowatt continuous laser used to destroy or severely damage distant targets by heating their external structure.
champ lointain; far-field
Intensity profile of a laser (or several lasers in the case of a combination) at a sufficiently large distance from the output of the emission source for its spatial light intensity profile to have evolved until stabilized under the effect of diffraction.
champ proche; near-field
Intensity profile of a laser (or several lasers in the case of a combination) just at the output of the emission source, before the laser beam has been able to propagate a sufficient distance to see its spatial light intensity profile evolve under the...
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Events
SPIE conference – Photonics West: every year in San Francisco http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west
SPIE conference – Defense and Security: held annually in the United States
Standards and norms
Laser safety standards to be applied when using lasers, whether combined or not:
- Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements - IEC 60825-1 - 2014
- AFNOR Safety of laser equipment – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements - NF EN 60825-1 - 2014
The French AFNOR standard is an officially validated translation by AFNOR of the IEC...
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Companies developing high-power combination lasers
This list is by no means exhaustive, but includes some of the main industrial players in the development of high-power laser sources incorporating combination technologies, often for military applications.
Boeing (United States) http://www.boeing.com/defense/
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