Applications of solid-state Raman lasers

Author

Murray, James T. ; Austin, William L. ; Calmes, Lonnie K. ; Powell, Richard C.

Author_Institution

Lite Cycles Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

537

Abstract

Several laser applications benefit directly from solid-state stimulated Raman scattering (SSRS) technology. These include eye-safe coherent and incoherent lidar, high-resolution 3D marine imaging lidar, laser-corrected adaptive optics, medical lasers, and materials processing. The combination of good beam quality, variable output pulse formats, high conversion efficiency, and frequency agility makes laser sources based on SSRS ideally suited for these applications. In this talk we will discuss specific SSRS laser sources that we have developed for these applications

Keywords

Raman lasers; laser beam applications; solid lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; 3D marine imaging lidar; SSRS laser sources; applications; beam quality; conversion efficiency; eye-safe lidar; frequency agility; laser-corrected adaptive optics; materials processing; medical lasers; output pulse format; solid-state Raman lasers; solid-state stimulated Raman scattering; Adaptive optics; Biomedical imaging; High-resolution imaging; Laser applications; Laser radar; Marine technology; Optical imaging; Raman scattering; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645556

Filename

645556