Laser research and development in the Northeast; Proceedings of the Meeting, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 16, 17, 1986

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6032345

Trainor, D W; Chicklis, E P

The development and scaling of excimer lasers with emphasis on both electron-beam and discharge pumpings; a chemical means of generating laser action in the visible region; the use of stimulated Raman techniques to improve the beam quality output of systems employing excimer lasers; the research and development of CO/sub 2/ lasers; a CO/sub 2/ laser amplifier for radar applications; medical laser usage; and laser monitors for trace species in environmental and industrial processes are examined. Consideration is given to high power laser research and development for laser energetics; linear and nonlinear frequency converters; 450 nm laser operation in Tm(3+):YLF; alexandrite lasers and their applications; and the performance limitations of vibronic lasers. Topics discussed include the laser ignition of oil spills; the application of laser rangers to submunitions; the design and application of laser intensity stabilizers; and a 535 nm active atomic line filter that uses the Tl metastable state as an absorbing medium.

• OSTI ID: 6032345
• Report Number(s): CONF-8609127-
• Resource Relation: Conference: SPIE symposium on optics and optoelectronics, Cambridge, MA, USA, 14 Sep 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
LASERS
MEETINGS
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
ELECTRICAL PUMPING
EXCIMER LASERS
FREQUENCY CONVERTERS
OPTICAL FILTERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OPTICAL RADAR
QUALITY CONTROL
RAMAN SPECTRA
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLID STATE LASERS
STABILITY
THALLIUM
USES
CONTROL
ELEMENTS
FILTERS
GAS LASERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
PUMPING
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
SPECTRA
420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)