Imaging and Collecting Spatially Structured Arrays of Ultrashort Pulses for Ultrahigh Information Rate Optics: Numerical Simulation and Modeling

Abstract

We propose augmentation of the principal investigator's "parent" contract with the Air Force in the form of support for one additional graduate student. The student would perform numerical simulations and modeling relevant to the use of ultrashort optical pulses to observe a remote object at high data rate. The work would relate specifically to our recent experimental demonstration of a kinematically modelocked nonlinear loop mirror laser utilizing erbium doped fiber. This technology provides a strategy for realizing a sensitive means for sensing the motion of a remote object. The student would seek a better description of the internal dynamics of the nonlinear loop mirror laser and would examine strategies that might more fully utilize the potential of this physical behavior. Relevance to recent and ongoing work would also be addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA413280

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Fork

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Rate
  • Demonstrations
  • Doppler Effect
  • Dye Lasers
  • Frequency Shift
  • Ion Lasers
  • Laser Mediums
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Oscillators
  • Simulations
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy