Abstract:
A laser activated grenade is provided which includes a controllable laser source activated at specific times to generate radiation pulses. An energetic material within the grenade is ignited upon delivery of the generated radiation pulses. A propellant charge material triggers a propellant explosive train when the energetic material ignites. The grenade further includes load materials which are selectively activated once the propellant explosive train has been launched. The laser source may be located remotely from the grenade in order that the generated radiation pulses travel to the grenade through a fiber optic cable. Alternatively, the laser source may be embedded in the grenade and activated by a microwave/RF coded signal received from a remote signal transmitter. The grenade may carry a number of load materials so that each load material is activated either alone to produce a desired target effect, or in combination to produce a cumulative target effect such as light, sound, malodorous, as well as other incapacitating phenomena. In lethal implementation, the grenade may include shrapnel as a load which explodes when detonated at the target.
Abstract:
A high power microwave/radio frequency radiating projectile that stores electrical energy in a Pulse Forming Line network. Electrical energy is converted to high power microwave/radio frequency energy by a subnanosecond switch either in a single pulse mode or a repetition rate mode.The high power microwave/ratio frequency energy is then radiated by an antenna built into the projectile. The heavy power supply required for providing the high voltage necessary for charging the pulse forming line network is not part of the projectile but is contained in the launching gun, or as ancillary equipment to the launching gun.
Abstract:
The EPR instrument includes an X-band klystron used to generate microwave power that is transmitted to a superconductive waveguide cavity resonator. The cavity is placed between the pole pieces of a large d-c magnet and small a-c magnet coils energized by a modulation signal source. A microwave crystal detector detects RF energy outputted from the cavity. The detector output is amplified, rectified and filtered in a phase sensitive filter that uses the modulation signal source as a reference. The resultant signal is recorded by an amplitude vs. time recorder. The superconductive cavity includes an inner wall of high-temperature superconductive material, a liquid coolant and an insulating sleeve that passes through the cavity. The specimen to be analyzed is placed in the sleeve.
Abstract:
A projectile suitable for use with an electromagnetic launcher or railgun.he projectile has a detachable conductive header portion which mates closely with and is restrained by one of the rails of a railgun. The header eliminates arcing and rail damage. The remainder of the projectile is ejected through a hole in the header toward a target.
Abstract:
A rapid-fire electromagnetic projectile launcher. The invention features parallel disks with gaps in their peripheries. A voltage source is applied to the disks to cause current to flow in opposite directions through the disks, generating a strong repulsive force which is utilized to eject a projectile. A rotator is positioned concentric with the disks to control timing of the repulsive action and facilitate projectile reloading.
Abstract:
A lightweight, portable, electromagnetic railgun. The invention features a conventional railgun coupled to a magnetic flux compression generator (MFCG) section and an injector section. The conventional railgun has two parallel metallic rails (13,15) with a bullet (25) slidably positioned between them. The bullet is rapidly projected between the rails toward a chosen target when a current flows between the rails (and through the bullet). The MFCG section provides a source of high current to the rails. The MFCG section has a piston (73) which moves between two energized bars (51,53). A magnetic field is created by current flowing in a circuit through the piston, (73) the bars (51,53) and the bullet (25). The associated magnetic flux is rapidly compressed as the piston moves between the bars. Compression of the magnetic flux produces a large current pulse which is coupled to the rails (13,15) to propel the bullet (25). The injector section injects the piston (73) into the space between the bars (51,53) to begin the magnetic flux compression sequence.
Abstract:
A traveling-wave-tube has a vacuum housing that includes the helix rf circuitry. The helix conductor is intertwined with and hermetically sealed to the insulating material comprising the vacuum housing. Thus, portions of the helix serve for interaction with the electron beam in the center of the vacuum housing while other portions are in contact with the atmosphere, thus cooling the helix and permitting the tube to operate at higher average powers.
Abstract:
A device is disclosed for amplifying electromagnetic waves propagating al a meander line slow wave structure by means of magnetic cylindrical domains or bubbles which are propagating at substantially the same velocity as the RF wave in an adjacent platelet of orthoferrite having associated with it a propagation arrangement of the conventional type which is adapted to move the domains from one end of the platelet to the other. Since the magnetic bubbles are magnetic dipoles that produce magnetic surface charges, a portion of their energy is transferred to the propagating RF wave, resulting in amplification of the RF wave.
Abstract:
The present invention provides multidimensional stacked photonic band gap crystal structures improving the performance of current planar monolithic antennas and RF filters by forbidding radiation from coupling into the substrate thereby significantly enhancing radiation efficiency and bandwidth. This invention comprises a number of sub-crystals with each having at least two lattices disposed within a host material, each lattice having a plurality of dielectric pieces arranged and spaced from each other in a predetermined manner, the sub-crystals being stacked in a crystal structure to provide a photonic band gap forbidding electromagnetic radiation propagating over a specially designed frequency band gap, or stopband. Both two dimensional and multidimensional crystals are disclosed. The preferred embodiment is a three-dimensional photonic band gap crystal comprising two or more sub-crystals, with each sub-crystal having a diamond-patterned lattice constructed from a plurality of dielectric zigzag pieces orthogonally interconnected, disposed within a host material.
Abstract:
A photon triggered RF radiator having separate sections to perform the eny storage and the energy radiation functions. The energy storage function is performed by at least one charging electrode positioned on the upper surface of a photoconductive dielectric substrate, whereas the energy radiation function is performed by a charging electrode positioned adjacent to the charging electrode on the upper surface of the substrate. The charging electrode and the radiating electrode are separated by a predetermined gap distance that is large enough to insure there is no surface flashover between the electrodes and small enough to insure the efficiency of energy discharge from the charging pad to the spiral antenna is maximized.