Title :
Spatial coherence of random Raman lasing emission
Author :
Hokr, Brett H. ; Schmidt, Morgan S. ; Bixler, Joel N. ; Dyer, Phillip N. ; Noojin, Gary D. ; Redding, Brandon ; Thomas, Robert J. ; Rockwell, Benjamin A. ; Hui Cao ; Yakovlev, Vladislav V. ; Scully, Marlan O.
Author_Institution :
Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Random Raman laser emission is demonstrated to be an excellent source of narrow-band, high intensity, short duration light for speckle-free imaging. Spatial coherence measurement and strobe photography of cavitation bubbles are presented.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser beams; light coherence; cavitation bubbles; narrow-band high intensity short duration light source; random Raman lasing emission; spatial coherence measurement; speckle-free imaging; strobe photography; Adaptive optics; Lasers; Microscopy; Raman scattering; Spatial coherence; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
