US 2014/0153592 A1 · DIRECTED-ENERGY IRRADIATING APPARATUS

Abstract

A directed-energy irradiating apparatus includes an FEL apparatus 20 and an HPM apparatus 30. The FEL apparatus 20 accelerates free electrons by using microwave supplied from a microwave source to irradiate an FEL beam and outputs remaining microwave. The HPM apparatus irradiates an HPM beam generated based on the remaining microwave outputted from the FEL apparatus. It is possible to destroy a target even in a situation that a destruction effect by the FEL beam cannot expected, while maintaining the destruction ability of the FEL beam.

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Dependent claims

A directed-energy irradiating apparatus comprising:

a microwave source;
a free electron laser (FEL) apparatus configured to receive microwave from said microwave source, accelerate free electrons by using the microwave to irradiate a free electron laser (FEL) beam, generated by using the accelerated free electrons, to targets, and output the remaining microwave;
and
a high power microwave (HPM) apparatus configured to irradiate a high power microwave (HPM) beam, generated by using the remaining microwave outputted from said FEL apparatus, to each target.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/908,388Filed 3 Jun 2013

Priority

JP 2012-2647693 Dec 2012

Published

5 Jun 2014

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

H01S 3/0903
Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping: free-electron laser
F41H 13/005
Directed energy weapons, i.e. devices that direct a beam of high energy content toward a target for incapacitating or destroying the target: the…
F41H 13/0068
Directed energy weapons, i.e. devices that direct a beam of high energy content toward a target for incapacitating or destroying the target: the…
H05H 7/02
Details of devices of the types covered by groups H05H9/00, H05H11/00, H05H13/00: circuits or systems for supplying or feeding radio-frequency energy

Directed-energy irradiating apparatus

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Abstract

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