Abstract
The demonstration of the first carbon dioxide 10.6-μm gasdynamic laser (GDL) in 1966 is regarded by most as the beginning of the high energy laser era. Since that time DOD has provided the lion's share of R&D funding for a wide spectrum of high energy laser devices and associated technologies. The motivation for this support is the potential military application of a high energy laser as a directed energy weapon.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
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