Mid-infrared solid-state lasers and laser materialsAn account is given of NASA-Langley's objectives for the development of advanced lasers and laser materials systems applicable to remote sensing in the mid-IR range. Prominent among current concerns are fiber-optic spectroscopy, eye-safe solid-state lasers for both Doppler sensing and mid-IR wavelength-generation laser pumping, and nonlinear optics generating tunable mid-IR radiation. Ho:YAG lasers are noted to exhibit intrinsic advantages for the desired applications, and are pumpable by GaAlAs laser diodes with a quantum efficiency approaching 2.
Document ID
19890028509
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Barnes, Norman P. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Byvik, Charles E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Meeting Information
Meeting: Airborne and Spaceborne Lasers for Terrestrial Geophysical Sensing