Bleachable Absorber Laser Amplifier and Detector (BALAD)

Abstract

The report describes the continued development of the wide-angle, low noise BALAD receiver (Bleachable Absorber Laser Amplifier and Detector). The spatial and frequency resolution of a SF6 saturable absorber in a 10.6 micrometer BALAD configuration has been measured. The experimental results agree with the theoretical predictions. The components of a Xenon-Xenon 3.5 micrometer BALAD system have been assembled, and experimental tests have been initiated. The theoretical analysis of the propagation of coherent optical pulses in resonant media has been extended to three dimensions, but only preliminary results have been obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765842

Entities

People

  • James T. Latourrette
  • John A. Wilson

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Bandwidth
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Intensity
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Radar
  • Low Noise
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Optical Communications
  • Optics
  • Radar
  • Wide Angles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy