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High Power Laser Handbook
Hagop Injeyan,Gregory D. Goodno +1 more
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In this article, the authors present an overview of the history of high-power laser systems and their application in industry and defense, focusing on the use of high power laser systems in thin-disk geometry.Abstract:
Part 1: Gas, Chemical, and Free-Electron Lasers 1. Carbon Dioxide Lasers 2. Excimer Lasers 3. Chemical Lasers 4. High-Power Free-Electron Lasers Part 2: Diode Lasers 5. Diode Lasers 6. High-Power Diode Laser Arrays Part 3: Solid-State Lasers 7. Introduction to High-Power Solid-State Lasers 8. Zigzag Slab Lasers 9. Nd:YAG Ceramic ThinZag High-Power Laser 10. Thin-Disc Lasers 11. Heat-Capacity Lasers 12. Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers 13. Ultrafast Lasers in Thin-Disk Geometry 14. The National Ignition Facility Laser Part 4: Fiber Lasers 15. Introduction to Optical Fiber Lasers 16. Pulsed Fiber Lasers 17. High-Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser Systems 18. High-Power Fiber Lasers for Industry and Defense Part 5: Beam Combining 19. Beam Combining Indexread more
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An Overview of Lidar Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the features of the light sources and photodetectors specific to lidar imaging systems most frequently used in practice and a brief section on pending issues for lidar development in autonomous vehicles has been included, in order to present some of the problems which still need to be solved before implementation may be considered as final.
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Coherent beam combining of high power fiber lasers: Progress and prospect
TL;DR: The recent research progress of coherent beam combining of high-power fiber lasers is reviewed in this article, where key technologies like coherently combinable fiber laser, phase control of multiple beams and beam tilling are specially analyzed.
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High power ytterbium-doped fiber lasers — fundamentals and applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the fundamental properties and review the latest developments in high power ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) lasers, focusing primarily on the main fiber laser configurations and the related cladding pumping issues.
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Optics and Photonics: Key Enabling Technologies
Alan E. Willner,Robert L. Byer,Constance J. Chang-Hasnain,Stephen R. Forrest,Henry Kressel,Herwig Kogelnik,Guillermo J. Tearney,Charles H. Townes,Michalis N. Zervas +8 more
TL;DR: Past milestones, present state of the art, and future perspectives of several different topics, including: lasers, materials, devices, communications, bioimaging, displays, manufacturing, and industry evolution are explored.
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Coherent combining of pulsed fiber amplifiers in the nonlinear chirp regime with intra-pulse phase control.
Stephen P. Palese,Eric Cheung,Gregory D. Goodno,Chun-Ching Shih,Fabio Di Teodoro,Timothy S. McComb,Mark E. Weber +6 more
TL;DR: Two high pulse contrast (> 95 dB) polarization maintaining all-fiber amplifier chains were coherently combined to generate 0.42 mJ, 1 ns 25 kHz pulses with 79% efficiency despite 38 radians of intra-pulse phase distortion.
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Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:Al2O3
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed analysis of the laser properties of Ti:Al2O3 is presented, including absorption and fluorescence spectra and lifetime as a function of temperature.
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Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:Al2O3
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed analysis of the laser properties of Ti:Al2O3 is presented, including absorption and fluorescence spectra and lifetime as a function of temperature.