• DocumentCode
    1575747
  • Title

    330-W, 1030-nm coherent LADAR transmitter with a 4-kHz linewidth

  • Author

    Clatterbuck, T.O. ; Cashen, M.T. ; Filgas, D.M. ; Klotz, M.J. ; Shkunov, V.V. ; Bulot, J.P. ; Rockwell, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Raytheon Space & Airborne Syst., El Segundo, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    834
  • Lastpage
    835
  • Abstract
    We describe a hybrid narrowband fiber-slab laser system that produced 330 W CW output power at 1030 nm with a frequency bandwidth of 4 kHz and an average beam quality of 1.9 times diffraction-limited.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beams; measurement by laser beam; optical radar; bandwidth 4 kHz; coherent LADAR transmitter; hybrid narrowband fiber-slab laser system; power 330 W; wavelength 1030 nm; Bandwidth; Diffraction; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser radar; Narrowband; Power generation; Power lasers; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688880
  • Filename
    4688880