Patent ID: 8866039

Claim:
A laser system for simulating heat flux levels associated with rocket motor igniter output, comprising: a platform; a laser to emit an electromagnetic beam, said laser mechanically associated with said platform, wherein said laser is not pulsed; at least one principle EM beams derived from said emitted electromagnetic beam, each of said at least one principle EM beam formed of one of a plurality of series of usable series electromagnetic beams; at least one principle EM beam system paths that begins at said laser and terminates at a sample; wherein each of said at least one principle EM beams travels in an associated of said at least one principle EM beam system paths; at least one optical element rotatably associated with said platform; each of said at least one optical element being mechanically rotatably associated with said platform; wherein each of said at least one optical elements is rotatable into at least one of said at least one principle EM beam system paths; wherein each of said at least one optical elements that is rotated into one of said at least one principle EM beam system paths associated with an active of at least one of said at least one principle EM beams receives one of said usable series electromagnetic waves and emanates one of said usable series electromagnetic waves; wherein each of said at least one optical element that is rotated into one of said at least one principle EM beam system paths associated with an active of at least one of said at least one principle EM beams reduces the power of the usable series electromagnetic beams the optical element emanates relative to the power of the usable series electromagnetic beams the optical element receives; and an electronic data acquisition instrument configured to record output from said sample as a function of time.