• DocumentCode
    421807
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361255