Title :
Applications of solid-state Raman lasers
Author :
Murray, James T. ; Austin, William L. ; Calmes, Lonnie K. ; Powell, Richard C.
Author_Institution :
Lite Cycles Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Several laser applications benefit directly from solid-state stimulated Raman scattering (SSRS) technology. These include eye-safe coherent and incoherent lidar, high-resolution 3D marine imaging lidar, laser-corrected adaptive optics, medical lasers, and materials processing. The combination of good beam quality, variable output pulse formats, high conversion efficiency, and frequency agility makes laser sources based on SSRS ideally suited for these applications. In this talk we will discuss specific SSRS laser sources that we have developed for these applications
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser beam applications; solid lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; 3D marine imaging lidar; SSRS laser sources; applications; beam quality; conversion efficiency; eye-safe lidar; frequency agility; laser-corrected adaptive optics; materials processing; medical lasers; output pulse format; solid-state Raman lasers; solid-state stimulated Raman scattering; Adaptive optics; Biomedical imaging; High-resolution imaging; Laser applications; Laser radar; Marine technology; Optical imaging; Raman scattering; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645556
