Method and system for using and cooling a portable high-powered laser

1 . A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:

one or more light-emitting diodes;

a power source coupled to the one or more diodes, the power source comprising one or more batteries;

a tank operable to store carbon dioxide at a pressure above 700 pounds per square inch;

an assembly comprising a valve and a nozzle operable to control a flow of the carbon dioxide from the tank;

a cooling plate including a plurality of channels, wherein:

each channel corresponds to at least one diode and is operable to receive at least some of the carbon dioxide stored in the tank;

the cooling plate is operable to transfer heat from the diode to the carbon dioxide through the channels; and

a housing configured to encase the one or more diodes, the power source, the tank, and the cooling plate;

wherein:

the carbon dioxide is introduced to the assembly as a liquid and is discharged from the assembly to the cooling plate as a solid particulate stream;

the high-powered laser is operable to generate at least 100 Watts of output power; and

the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.

2 . A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:

one or more diodes;

a power source coupled to the one or more diodes;

a tank operable to store a fluid under pressure;

a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate; and

a cooling plate comprising one or more channels configured to receive at least some of the particulate, the cooling plate being operable to transfer heat from the one or more diodes to the particulate through the one or more channels; and

wherein the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more diodes are light-emitting diodes.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the power source comprises one or more batteries.

5 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising a manifold downstream the nozzle and operable to discharge the particulate to the cooling plate.

6 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the fluid is one of:

carbon dioxide;

Dichloro difluro-methane Freon-12 (R-12);

Tetra fluro-ethane (R-134a or HFC-134a);

Chlorodifluoromethane (R-22);

R-410A; and

R-32.

7 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the tank is operable to store the fluid at a pressure above 700 pounds per square inch.

8 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising a control processing hardware operable to open the valve in response to determining:

that the one or more diodes have been activated; or

a temperature associated with the one or more diodes meets or exceeds a temperature threshold.

9 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the weight of the system is less than 100 pounds.

10 . A method for emitting a high-powered laser, the method comprising:

generating a laser using at least one diode mounted to a cooling plate;

releasing a pressurized fluid stored in a tank via a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate;

directing the particulate through a manifold to a channel of the cooling plate, wherein directing the particulate causes heat transfer between the at least one diode and the particulate; and

wherein a system comprising the at least one diode, the cooling plate, the tank, the valve, and the manifold has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the system further comprises a power source.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising a manifold downstream the nozzle and operable to discharge the particulate to the cooling plate.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressurized fluid is one of:

carbon dioxide;

Dichloro difluro-methane Freon-12 (R-12);

Tetra fluro-ethane (R-134a or HFC-134a);

Chlorodifluoromethane (R-22);

R-410A; and

R-32.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressurized fluid is pressurized to at least 700 pounds per square inch.

15 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising a control processing hardware operable to open the valve in response to determining:

that one or more diodes have been activated; or

a temperature associated with the one or more diodes meets or exceeds a temperature threshold.

16 . A system for emitting a high-powered laser, the system comprising:

one or more diodes;

a power source coupled to the one or more diodes;

a tank operable to store a fluid under pressure;

a valve operable to control a flow of the fluid from the tank through a nozzle configured to facilitate a phase change of the fluid from a liquid to a particulate;

a cooling plate including at least one channel, wherein:

the at least one channel corresponds to at least one diode and is operable to receive at least some of the particulate;

the cooling plate is operable to transfer heat from the diode to the particulate through the at least one channel;

a housing configured to encase the one or more diodes, the power source, the tank, the valve and the cooling plate; and

wherein the system has a weight of less than 45 pounds per 1000 Watts of output power.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the power source comprises one or more batteries.

18 . The system of claim 16 , further comprising a manifold downstream the nozzle and operable to discharge the particulate to the cooling plate.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the fluid is one of:

carbon dioxide;

Dichloro difluro-methane Freon-12 (R-12);

Tetra fluro-ethane (R-134a or HFC-134a);

Chlorodifluoromethane (R-22);

R-410A; and

R-32.

20 . The system of claim 16 , further comprising a control processing hardware operable to open the valve in response to determining:

that the one or more diodes have been activated;

or a temperature associated with the one or more diodes meets or exceeds a temperature threshold.

21 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the housing is portable.

22 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the weight of the system is less than 100 pounds.