Title :
2.5 MHz line-width high-energy, 2μm coherent wind lidar transmitter
Author :
Petros, Mulugeta ; Yu, Jirong ; Trieu, Bo ; Bai, Yingxin ; Petzar, Paul ; Singh, Upendra N. ; Reithmaier, Karl
Author_Institution :
Science and Technology Corporation, 10 Basil Sawyer Drive, Hampton, VA 23666 USA
Abstract :
The design of a diode pumped, injection seeded MOPA with a transform limited line width and diffraction limited beam quality is presented. This lidar transmitter produces over 300mJ energy at 10 Hz repetition rate.
Keywords :
Absorption; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431477
