Laser Design Concept Study.

Abstract

An analysis is presented of the operation of ruby and of neodymium glass in short pulse, high power laser application as a step toward a design concept for 0.1 microsec, 10 to the 7th power joule, 1/100,000 radian optical radiation system. The device conceived consists of several separate identical oscillator-amplifier combinations operating mutually incoherently but individually coherent with a 10 cm aperture. Ruby is the selected laser material pumped with xenon flash lamps and arranged in a unique array geometry. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0329743

Entities

People

  • G.s. Ley

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Flash Lamps
  • Geometry
  • Lamps
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Materials
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Neodymium
  • Optical Equipment
  • Oscillators
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy