High power, solar pumped, Nd:YAG, laser amplifier for free space laser communication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3139, Issue , 1997, Pages 194-204

  Pe'er, Idit L ^a   Naftali, Nir ^a   Yogev, Amnon ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Communication; Concentration; cpc; Free space; Laser; Nd:YAG; Solar

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; FREQUENCY BANDS; LASERS; LIGHT; MODULATION; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AMPLIFIER; CONCENTRATION; CPC; FREE-SPACE; LASER; ND:YAG; SOLAR;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0000082257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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