Title :
Compact fiber laser approach to 589 nm laser guide stars
Author :
Pennington, D.M. ; Dawson, J.W. ; Drobshoff, A. ; Liao, Z. ; Payne, S. ; Bonaccini, D. ; Hackenberg, W. ; Taylor, L.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
We are developing an all-fiber 589 nm laser system for laser-guided adaptive optics by sum-frequency mixing 1583 nm Er/Yb:doped and 938 nm Nd:silica fiber lasers in a periodically poled crystal. System design and performance will be presented.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; artificial guide stars; erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; measurement by laser beam; neodymium; optical design techniques; optical harmonic generation; ytterbium; 1583 nm; 589 nm; 938 nm; SiO/sub 2/:Nd; fiber laser; laser guide stars; laser-guided adaptive optics; sum-frequency mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
