Infrared Saturable Absorber Devices.

Abstract

Gaseous saturable absorbers are studied. These absorbers are used for mode-locking of infrared lasers, particularly CO2. Nonlinear-optical coefficients and transition moments were measured. Detectors for infrared radiation were also studied. Mechanisms of point-contact detectors were determined and antenna patterns of infrared antennas measured. Potentialities of novel antenna-coupled IR detectors were explored.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018648

Entities

People

  • S. E. Schwarz

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Infrared Lasers
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Lasers
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Radiation
  • Transitions
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers