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... which can be applied in more tech areas. For instance, it can make GaAs1−xBix a promising new semiconductor saturable absorber that has a very high possibility to be used in all-solid-state Q-switched and mode-locked lasers. In this paper, GaAs1−xBix crystal with different concentrations of Bi atoms ...
... which can be applied in more tech areas. For instance, it can make GaAs1−xBix a promising new semiconductor saturable absorber that has a very high possibility to be used in all-solid-state Q-switched and mode-locked lasers. In this paper, GaAs1−xBix crystal with different concentrations of Bi atoms ...
Quadrature frequency doubling
... Since lasing materials available for practical applications give laser light of only few different wavelengths the laser beam of desired wavelength is commonly achieved with the help of materials with nonlinear optical properties. One such, and perhaps the most basic, type of wavelength modification ...
... Since lasing materials available for practical applications give laser light of only few different wavelengths the laser beam of desired wavelength is commonly achieved with the help of materials with nonlinear optical properties. One such, and perhaps the most basic, type of wavelength modification ...
Optical Data Storage.pdf
... laser interacts with every layer that it passes through on the way to and from the addressed layer. These interactions cause noise that limits the technology to perhaps ~10 layers. 3D optical data storage methods circumvent this issue by using addressing methods where only the specifically addressed ...
... laser interacts with every layer that it passes through on the way to and from the addressed layer. These interactions cause noise that limits the technology to perhaps ~10 layers. 3D optical data storage methods circumvent this issue by using addressing methods where only the specifically addressed ...
Electromagnetic forces for an arbitrary optical trapping of a spherical
... missing mechanical measurements in the world of microorganisms and cells that could be correlated to biochemical information. The importance of understanding the optical forces in dielectric beads under different incident beam conditions comes from the fact that they are the natural transducer for f ...
... missing mechanical measurements in the world of microorganisms and cells that could be correlated to biochemical information. The importance of understanding the optical forces in dielectric beads under different incident beam conditions comes from the fact that they are the natural transducer for f ...
Photonic laser thruster
A photonic laser thruster is an amplified laser thruster that generates thrust directly from the laser photon momentum, rather than laser-heating propellant. The concept of single-bounce laser-pushed lightsails that utilize the photon momentum was first developed in the 1960s, however, its conversion of laser power to thrust is highly inefficient, thus has been considered impractical. Over 50 years, there had been numerous theoretical and experimental efforts to increase the conversion efficiency by recycling photons, bouncing them repetitively between two reflective mirrors in an empty optical cavity, without success. In December 2006, Young Bae successfully solved this problem and demonstrated the conversion efficiency enhancement by a factor of 100 and a photon thrust of 35 micronewtons by putting the laser energizing media between the two mirrors as in typical lasers, and the photonic laser thruster was born. In August 2015, the photonic laser thruster was demonstrated to increase the conversion efficiency enhancement by a factor over 1,000 and to achieve a photon thrust of 3.5 millinewtons at Y.K. Bae Corporation. In addition, Propelling, slowing and stopping of a small satellite, 1U CubeSat, in simulated zero-gravity were demonstrated. The photonic laser thruster was initially developed for use in nanometer precision spacecraft formation, for forming ultralarge space telescopes and radars. The photonic laser thruster is currently developed for high-precision and high-speed maneuver of small spacecraft, such as formation flying, orbit adjustments, drag compensation, and rendezvous and docking. The photonic laser thruster can be used for beaming thrust from a conventional heavy resource vehicle to a more expensive & lightweight mission vehicle, similar to tankers in aerial refueling.The practical usage of the photonic laser thruster for main space propulsion would require extremely high laser powers and overcoming technological challenges in achieving the laser power and fabricating the required optics. Photonic laser thrusters have a very high specific impulse, and can permit spacecraft reach much higher speeds than with conventional rockets, which are limited by the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation. If the photonic laser thruster is scalable for the use in such main space propulsion, multiple photonic laser thrusters can be used to construct a 'photonic railway' that has been proposed as a potential permanent transport infrastructure for interplanetary or interstellar commutes, allowing the transport craft themselves to carry very little fuel.