Novel Fiber laser Source for Hyper-Sensitive, Long-Range LIDAR System

Abstract

A study of an innovative waveguide structure including hollow optical fiber (HOF) with a central hole and rare earth doped ring core is investigated. The HOGF serves as a novel fiber laser and amplifier gain medium. The central air hole and glass ring core gives an access to chromatic dispersion control, while the rare earth doped ring and its adiabatic taper endows a new degree of freedom to design clad pumped fiber laser gain medium that has not been available in the prior arts. The project encompasses the design of the HOF and its fabrication, then active device implementation and characterization. Optimal design parameters are obtained for applications for LIDAR systems and other optical applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 2006
Accession Number
ADA455891

Entities

People

  • Kyunghwan Oh

Organizations

  • Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Amplifiers
  • Brillouin Scattering
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Dispersions
  • Fabrication
  • Fibers
  • Frequency
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy