Title :
Multi-watt cw broadband light sources for optical coherence radar and coherence tomography based on InGaAs tapered laser amplifiers
Author :
Casel, O. ; Fuchs, H. ; Tremont, M.A. ; Wallenstein, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tech. Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Abstract :
We report on InGaAs tapered amplifier systems which provide 900 nm radiation in a narrow beam with output powers of up to 2.5 W and spectral widths exceeding 20 nm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser beams; light coherence; light sources; optical radar; optical tomography; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line breadth; 2.5 W; 900 nm; InGaAs; InGaAs laser amplifiers; broadband light sources; coherence tomography; continuous-wave light sources; multiwatt light sources; narrow beam; optical coherence radar; spectral widths; tapered laser amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
