ProgramCIP 29.0302

Directed Energy Systems

A program that focuses on the study of lasers and other directed energy phenomena and their application to the creation of energy beam weapons systems. Includes instruction in photonics, electro-optics, microwave phenomena, laser chemistry, spectroscopy, chemical lasers, fibre lasers, imaging and optics, laser propagation and control, laser communication, infrared remote sensing, modeling and simulation, and related technologies.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).