Catching the wave - Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE
... turnpike). The problem I encountered at Bell Laboratories (Bell) was that nobody told me what to do. How could I be sure that the topic I would choose would be up to the standards of this world-renowned institution? Because of my microwave background, I got involved in taking advantage of the negati ...
... turnpike). The problem I encountered at Bell Laboratories (Bell) was that nobody told me what to do. How could I be sure that the topic I would choose would be up to the standards of this world-renowned institution? Because of my microwave background, I got involved in taking advantage of the negati ...
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... to generate OAM beams, the alternative integrated solutions are of great interest for device miniaturization, enhanced stability, and the possibility to integrate with other on-chip photonic components and functionalities. To this end, large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which h ...
... to generate OAM beams, the alternative integrated solutions are of great interest for device miniaturization, enhanced stability, and the possibility to integrate with other on-chip photonic components and functionalities. To this end, large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which h ...
Fiber Optic Cable Beam Delivery Systems
... terminations are highly polished for low insertion loss, and are designed specifically for use with high-power Nd:YAG lasers. In fact, aside from reflection losses at each end of the FFO cable, a 5-meter length of cable will transmit 99 % of the laser beam power. With end reflection losses, typical ...
... terminations are highly polished for low insertion loss, and are designed specifically for use with high-power Nd:YAG lasers. In fact, aside from reflection losses at each end of the FFO cable, a 5-meter length of cable will transmit 99 % of the laser beam power. With end reflection losses, typical ...
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.