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LASER APPLICATIONS

OF AN IONIZED ATMOSPHERE

Clifford E Carnicom

Apr 13 2003

 

From the corporate page of HSV Technologies, Inc,

(http://www.hsvt.org), the following application of a laser beam can

be presented to the public for their consideration:

 

" HSV Technologies Inc., of San Diego, California is developing a

non-lethal weapon that uses ultraviolet laser beams to harmlessly

immobilize people and animals at a distance. The Phaser-like device

uses two beams of UV radiation to ionize paths in the air along which

electrical current is conducted to and from the target. In effect, the

beams create wires through the atmosphere wherever they are pointed.

 

The current within these beams is a close replication of the

neuro-electric impulses that control skeletal muscles... "

 

 

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HSV Technologies Inc., of San Diego, California is developing a

non-lethal weapon that uses ultraviolet laser beams to harmlessly

immobilize people and animals at a distance. The Phaser-like device

uses two beams of UV radiation to ionize paths in the air along which

electrical current is conducted to and from the target. In effect, the

beams create wires through the atmosphere wherever they are pointed.

 

The current within these beams is a close replication of the

neuro-electric impulses that control skeletal muscles. It is

imperceptible to the target person because it differs from his own

neural impulses only in that its repetition rate is sufficiently rapid

to tetanize muscle tissue. (Tetanization is the stimulation of muscle

fibers at a frequency which merges their individual contractions into

a single sustained contraction.)

 

No retinal damage can occur because the cornea absorbs all

ultraviolet radiation at the wavelengths used. Moreover, the beams are

too weak to produce photokeratitis (corneal inflammation) unless they

are directed at the eyes for several minutes. In addition, the current

they transmit is insufficient to affect the muscles of the heart and

diaphragm.

See Ocular Safety of the Tetanizing Beam Weapon

 

Our electrical beam weapon has a far longer potential range than

its nearest competitor, the wire-based Taser® .

 

Successful proof-of-principle tests have been performed at the

University of California at San Diego, and further refinements using

novel laser designs are forthcoming.

 

Although the smallest laser now available for this application is

the size of a carry-on suitcase, a hand-held version should become

feasible with only modest advances in laser technology.

 

Also under development is an engine-disabling variation for use

against the electronic ignitions of automobiles. The engine-disabling

version should be able to operate with off-the-shelf lasers because it

would be carried aboard police patrol cars and helicopters.

 

The interested reader is directed to the following articles:

 

* Max Glaskin, The Ministry of Defence

is looking at a new weapon that could immobilise gunmen,

The Sunday Times, Inovations, Sunday May 9, 1999.

* Christopher May, Experimental Weapons

WHDH - TV News, Boston, Thursday, December 14, 2000

* Hand, A. J., UV lasers stop people in their tracks,

Photonics Spectra, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 32-33, January 1999.

* David Mulholland, Laser Device May Provide U.S. Military

Nonlethal Option,

Staff writer, Defense News, June 14, 1999, p 6. Copyright, The

Army Times Publishing Company.

* Owen, G. P., Directed energy weapons, a historical perspective,

Journal of Defence Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 89-93, 1997.

* Lamabares, A., et al., Absorption spectra of corneas in the far

ultraviolet region,

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol. 38, No. 6,

pp. 1283-1287, 1997.

* Pasternak, D., Wonder weapons,

U.S. News & World Report, July 7, 1997, pp. 38-46.

 

 

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