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Rodger C. Hilyard
Researcher at TRW Inc.
Publications - 17
Citations - 265
Rodger C. Hilyard is an academic researcher from TRW Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amplifier & Laser beam quality. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications receiving 264 citations. Previous affiliations of Rodger C. Hilyard include Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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Diode array pumped kilowatt laser
R.J. St. Pierre,David W. Mordaunt,H. Injeyan,Jacqueline G. Berg,Rodger C. Hilyard,Mark Weber,Michael G. Wickham,George M. Harpole,Robert Senn +8 more
TL;DR: The diode array pumped kilowatt laser (DAPKL) has demonstrated more than an order of magnitude increase in brightness and average power for short pulse diode-pumped solid-state lasers since its inception in 1991 as discussed by the authors.
Patent
High brightness solid-state laser with zig-zag amplifier
TL;DR: In this paper, a solid-state laser architecture producing a beam of extremely high quality and brightness, including a master oscillator (10) operating in conjunction with a zig-zag amplifier (16,30), an image relaying telescope (17), and a phase conjugation cell (20), was presented.
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Active tracker laser (ATLAS)
R.J. St. Pierre,Gerald W. Holleman,Marcy Valley,H. Injeyan,Jacqueline G. Berg,George M. Harpole,Rodger C. Hilyard,Marc Mitchell,Mark Weber,James M. Zamel,Thomas J. Engler,Daniel F. Hall,Robert Tinti,Jason Machan +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a phase conjugated master oscillator/power amplifier (MOPA) was designed, fabricated, and tested for a high brightness diode-pumped, Nd-YAG solid state laser.
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High Power Conversion to Mid-IR Using KTP and ZGP OPOs
Eric Cheung,Stephen P. Palese,Hagop Injeyan,Carolyn S. Hoefer,James G. Ho,Rodger C. Hilyard,Hiroshi Komine,Jackie Berg,Walter Bosenberg +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a high average power, OPO-based system was developed for the purpose of generating output in the 2 - 5 µm mid-IR band using a cw diode array - pumped, Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) as the pump source and two tandem OPOs for wavelength conversion to the mid IR.
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Solid-state zig-zag slab optical amplifier
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a solid-state laser architecture with a zig-zag amplifier, an image relaying telescope and a phase conjugation cell to produce a beam of extremely high quality and brightness.