DocumentCode
422067
Title
A pulsed laser-source for MIR-LIDAR
Author
Geiser, Peter ; Bohling, Christian ; Willer, Ulrike ; Schade, Wolfgang ; Reich, Matthias ; Liem, Andreas ; Limpert, Jens ; Zellmer, Holger ; Tunnermann, Andreas
Author_Institution
Inst. fuer Physik und Physikalische Technol., Technische Univ. Clausthal, Germany
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
The performance of a new pulsed laser-source for MIR-LIDAR based on difference-frequency generation in PPLN is demonstrated. High output power is achieved using a fiber amplifier in combination with a Cr/sup 4+/:Nd/sup 3+/:YAG microchip laser.
Keywords
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; lithium compounds; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical radar; LiNbO/sub 3/; MIR-LIDAR; PPLN; YAG:Cr/sup 4+/,Nd/sup 3+/; YAl5O12:Cr,Nd; difference-frequency generation; fiber amplifier; microchip laser; pulsed laser-source;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361533
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