Title :
High power ‘single frequency’ lasers
Author :
Veitch, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
High-power solid-state lasers producing diffraction-limited TEM00 beams with precisely controlled spectral content are required for a wide variety of remote sensing applications. I shall review the development of lasers for some of these applications.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser frequency stability; laser modes; neodymium; remote sensing by laser beam; solid lasers; YAG:Er; YAG:Nd; diffraction-limited TEM00 beams; remote sensing; single frequency lasers; solid-state lasers; Laser applications; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193622