Performance of a long-pulse-duration CO2 laser amplifier for high-resolution optical radar/lidar applications

C. Freed; R. S. Eng; J. S. Green; S. Marcus; J. R. Theriault; R. G. O'Donnell; R. G. O'Donnell; W. Pape; W. Pape; E. R. Parshall; E. R. Parshall

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1991),
paper CThR29

Performance of a long-pulse-duration CO₂ laser amplifier for high-resolution optical radar/lidar applications

C. Freed, R. S. Eng, J. S. Green, S. Marcus, J. R. Theriault, R. G. O'Donnell, W. Pape, and E. R. Parshall

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1991

Baltimore, Maryland United States
12–17 May 1991
ISBN: 1-55752-189-1

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C. Freed, R. S. Eng, J. S. Green, S. Marcus, J. R. Theriault, R. G. O'Donnell, W. Pape, and E. R. Parshall, "Performance of a long-pulse-duration CO2 laser amplifier for high-resolution optical radar/lidar applications," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Bufton, A. Glass, T. Hsu, and W. Krupke, eds., Vol. 10 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1991), paper CThR29.

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Abstract

This paper will describe the characteristics and evaluation of a CO₂-isotope laser MOPA system that has been in operation at MIT Lincoln Laboratory for well over a year. The CO₂ MOPA system consists of an ultrastable sealed-off cw CO₂-isotope laser oscillator whose output is chopped to produce a pulse train, which in turn is amplified by a two-stage pulsed CO₂-isotope laser amplifier with a net power gain of over 30 dB.

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