The main objective of the course is to provide knowledge to the students on the high power laser sources, laser power scaling methodologies, laser beam characterization, optics requirements for high power lasers and generation of high power microwave sources.
- Understand high power lasers sources, power scaling methodologies of lasers.
- Carry out the atmospheric effects on high power laser beam propagation.
- Estimate optics requirement for handling high power laser beams.
- Understand generation and testing of high power microwave sources.
- Introduction of directed energy weapons, Potential weapon applications, how they work, application scenarios
- High power laser sources (solid state, fiber, free election, liquid etc.), Laser power scaling
- Atmospheric Laser Beam propagation
- Characterization of laser beam parameters
- Optical material & coating for high energy lasers
- High power microwave sources, HPM effects, testing of HPM sources
