DocumentCode
2930209
Title
A rapidly-tunable acousto-optic spectrometer for tunable lasers
Author
Thompson, D.C. ; Hewitt, C.J. ; Wilson, C.W.
Author_Institution
Div. of Chem. Sci. & Tech., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fYear
2000
fDate
7-12 May 2000
Firstpage
571
Lastpage
572
Abstract
Summary form only given. As a complement to our work developing rapidly-tunable (/spl sim/10-100 kHz) CO/sub 2/ lasers for differential absorption lidar (DIAL) applications, we have developed a rapidly-tunable spectrometer. A rapid spectral diagnostic is critical for a high speed DIAL system, since analysis of the return signals depends on knowing the spectral purity of the transmitted beam.
Keywords
acousto-optical deflectors; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical radar; optical tuning; 10 to 100 kHz; 9 to 11.4 mum; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ lasers; DIAL; differential absorption lidar applications; high speed DIAL system; rapid spectral diagnostic; rapidly-tunable; rapidly-tunable acousto-optic spectrometer; rapidly-tunable spectrometer; return signals; spectral purity; transmitted beam; tunable lasers; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-634-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907406
Filename
907406
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