• DocumentCode
    3027009
  • 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 Corp., Sylmar
  • 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
    distance measurement; electronic countermeasures; military equipment; national security; semiconductor lasers; weapons; biochemical agent detection; defense; directed energy weapons; electronic countermeasures; high brightness semiconductor lasers; homeland security; rangefinding; Brightness; Diode lasers; Laser radar; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers; Terrorism; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453736
  • Filename
    4453736