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Chapter 1 introduction electrooptical instrumentation. The 980 nm products that are used in erbiumdoped fiber amplifiers offer operating power levels from 100 mw to 1600 mw. Optical instrumentation for monitoring and control is critical to efficiency and quality in the chemical industry. To contribute to the knowledge of fiber optics and laser instrumentation and its industrial and medical application. Power meter for laser light is called a thermopile and is based on heating by. A broad line of pump lasers for optical amplification. Instruments free fulltext laser technology in photonic.
This is a systematic, uptodate guide to laser instrumentation for the measurement of physical quantities in contemporary scientific, industrial, automotive and avionics applications. He is also the founder of the american society for lasers in medicine. Thorough and accessible coveragecomprehensive, uptodate coverage includes interferometers, nanometer vibrometers, dopplervelocimeters, telemeter and anticollision systems, gyroscopes, and more helps students master the full range of optoelectronics instrumentation, so they can succeed in virtually any project regardless of the specific devices it involves. Silvano donati presents clear design rules and useful hints for practical implementation of a wide variety of laser instruments. The coming of age of electro optical instrumentation dates back to a few years after the invention of the laser, that is, during the mid 1960s. Second, even if one can turn off the power to the laser immediately, commodity continuous wave laser drivers have control circuits that may introduce significant delays. The emission generally covers an extremely limited range of visible, infrared, or ultraviolet wavelengths. Donati, 2004, prentice hall usa in fabryperot lasers, in addition to a. The optical instruments of spectra precision are designed for a variety of elevation control and alignment tasks. For molecular diagnostics, our new excelsior one lasers combine electronics and laser head into a single, compact package with a common footprint across 11 different wavelengths including direct diode and dpss. The complete, practical sourcebook for laser sensing and measurementthis is a systematic, uptodate guide to laser instrumentation for sensing and measurement in contemporary scientific, industrial, automotive and avionics applications. Wavelength tunable cdse nanowire lasers based on the.
Sensing and measuring with lasers, 2004, 435 pages, silvano donati, 0616109, 9780616104, prentice hall computer, 2004. The composites can be readily processed by conventional techniques to yield bulk optics, films, in addition to optical fibers. What they have in common is a laser which stores energy from a source. The tunable laser provides excitation for both the. Applications of lasers to photooptical instrumentation problems. A fiberlaserbased noiseimmune cavityenhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry flniceohms system for whitenoiselimited dopplerbroadened detection down to 5. Papers describing original work in these areas are submitted to rigorous refereeing prior to acceptance for publication. Laser optics are used in a wide range of laser instrumentation or laser applications, including beam steering or material processing. For example, the interlock of the mhgopower lsm010 laser has a delay of 272 s.
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