• DocumentCode
    2790297
  • Title

    Developing high brightness semiconductor lasers for homeland security and defense applications

  • Author

    Rudy, P.T. ; Osowski, M.L. ; Lammert, R.M. ; Oh, S.W. ; Ocochlain, C. ; Panja, C. ; Stakelon, T. ; Ungar, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Quintessence Photonics Corporation, 15632 Roxford Street, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present recent advances in high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers and their applications in homeland security and defense including countermeasures, bio-chemical agent detection, rangefinding, targeting, and directed energy weapons.
  • Keywords
    Brightness; Diode lasers; Laser radar; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers; Terrorism; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431513
  • Filename
    4431513