A New Approach to Rugged Optical Components With High Spectral and Angular Selectivity

Abstract

This is a report on a new materials technology, PTR glass, which will make possible rugged, lower cost, light weight optical components having wide application to both low-power and high-power laser systems. Applications we forsee include: both spectral and angular beam steering and beam scanning, high resolution beam filtering, reflecting, transmitting, splitting, beam combining, and correcting of aberrations in telescopes and other optical systems. This PTR glass and some of these components are being produced at CREOL. I shall report our results to date in achieving these applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011187

Entities

People

  • C. M. Stickley
  • L. B. Glebov
  • O. M. Efimov

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bragg Angle
  • Bragg Gratings
  • Diffraction
  • High Energy
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Radiation
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space