High Radiance Pulsed Lasers

Abstract

The objective of this contract was to design, develop, test, and deliver six (6) pulsed laser modules. These devices combined 10 to 12 pulsed GaAlAs injection lasers into a compact package using fiber optic coupling to achieve a high radiance. The delivered devices had a nominal peak power of 100 watts in a 40 ns pulse at a repetition rate up to 50 kHz. The emitting aperture was 0.010 inch square. The devices were designed to be driven by a Power Technology model ILM pulser. Keywords include: Lasers, Semiconductor laser, Gallium aluminum arsenide, and Laser diode arrays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 02, 1987
Accession Number
ADA197184

Entities

People

  • Stephen Klunk

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Heat Sinks
  • Laser Arrays
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Peak Power
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Radiance
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics