High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars

D. Kapitan; D. W. Coutts; C. E. Webb

High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars

D. Kapitan^*, D. W. Coutts, C. E. Webb

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Abstract

Laser guide stars (LGS) are required to obtain complete sky coverage for astronomical telescopes incorporating adaptive optics. Resonant scattering of a high power pulsed laser from atomic sodium in the mesosphere is the most promising technique for the production of a LGS. However, due to saturation of the sodium layer, the efficient generation of a bright LGS using pulsed excitation is difficult. A modular system is being devised where the brightness of the LGS can be increased linearly by adding more laser units.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
Editors	Anon
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	283
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe - Hamburg, Ger Duration: 8 Sept 1996 → 13 Sept 1996

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Other	Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe
City	Hamburg, Ger
Period	8/09/96 → 13/09/96

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Kapitan, D, Coutts, DW & Webb, CE 1996, High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars. in Anon (ed.), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 283, Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe, Hamburg, Ger, 8/09/96.

High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars. / Kapitan, D.; Coutts, D. W.; Webb, C. E.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest. ed. / Anon. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1996. p. 283.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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