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Mini-cavity-dumped laser
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Reed, E. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Lasers for use in high precision satellite ranging systems consist typically of an oscillator followed by several amplifier stages. While the shortest optical pulses are achieved by using a mode locked oscillator, such an oscillator is incompatible with the compact design needed in future, highly mobile systems. The laser oscillator achieves pulse lengths approaching those obtainable by mode locking, but in a much more compact and stable design. The oscillator uses two LiNbO3 Pockels cells inside the resonator. One Q-switches the oscillator, and the other is used in a pulse slicing scheme to cavity dump a portion of the circulating optical energy. The length of the optical output pulse measured at 425 + or - 50 picoseconds. |
| File Size | 7083029 |
| Page Count | 47 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830026036 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t44r2qh3b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lasers And Masers Cavities Laser Outputs Stimulated Emission Devices Yag Lasers Laser Materials Pulsed Lasers Pulses Oscillators Strength Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
