Handheld laser small arm

摘要

A hand-held laser weapon including: a laser module for generating a laser light; a telescope module fiber optically coupled to the laser module for focusing the laser light on a target; a burst power module, including a storage capacitor, for storing electrical energy capable of a rapid release in the form of a current; a trickle power module including a battery for providing said electrical energy to the burst power module; a drive circuit for driving the laser module with the stored electrical energy to generate the laser light; a trigger module for providing the stored electrical energy to the drive circuit; and a structure for coupling at least the laser module, the telescope module, the drive circuit and the trigger module together.

主权项

1. A hand-held laser weapon comprising:
a laser module for generating a laser light in a form of a single laser pulse or a Continuous Wave (CW) laser; a telescope module fiber optically coupled to the laser module for focusing the laser light on a target; a burst power module including a super-capacitor larger than 20 Farad for storing electrical energy capable of a rapid release in the form of a current, wherein the rate of release is in excess of one kilowatt; a removable trickle power module including a battery, a current limiting circuit and a charge enable switch for charging said super-capacitor in the burst power module; a bucking converter and a current bias circuit for converting a high voltage low current output of the super capacitor to a lower voltage and higher current signal; a drive circuit for driving the laser module with a single laser pulse or a Continuous Wave (CW) output pulse from the stored electrical energy in the super-capacitor to generate the laser light in the form of the single laser pulse or Continuous Wave (CW) laser, from the lower voltage and higher current signal; wherein the drive circuit further includes a gate input circuit for activating or enabling firing of the laser weapon; a trigger module for providing the stored electrical energy to the drive circuit; and a structure for coupling at least the laser module, the telescope module, the drive circuit and the trigger module together.