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Steve E. Rako

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

High-power, single-frequency intracavity doubled VECSEL at 589 nm for sodium guide stars

Gregory Fetzer, Juan Chilla, Steven Rako, Cory Baumgarten, Nathan Woody, Celine D'Orgeville

Proceedings Volume 11984, 1198407 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612400

KEYWORDS: Sodium, Spectroscopy, Cameras, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Sodium guide stars, Laser guide stars, Laser applications, Astronomy, Polarization, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Australia’s first laser guide star: design and telescope integration at Mount Stromlo Observatory

Noelia Martinez, Céline d'Orgeville, David Ashworth, Michael Copeland, Antony Galla, Doris Grosse, Sowmya Hassan Krishna, Marcus Lingham, Ian Price, Tony Travouillon, Greg Fetzer, Steve Rako, Cory Baumgarten, James Webb, Mark Blundell, Yue Gao, Andrew Gray, Ian Ritchie, Craig Smith, Yanjie Wang, Olivia Byrd, Robert Johnson

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114481U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563374

KEYWORDS: Laser guide stars, Observatories, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Semiconductor lasers, Imaging systems, Laser systems engineering, Laser development, Projection systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

High-power single-frequency intracavity doubled VECSEL at 589 nm for sodium guidestar

Steven Rako, Gregory Fetzer, Cory Baumgarten, . Sandalphon, Celine D’Orgeville, Steven Floyd, Lucas Hill, Nathan Woody, Jussi-Pekka Penttinen, Mircea Guina

Proceedings Volume 11263, 112630C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546357

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sodium, Sodium guide stars, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Laser guide stars, Astronomy, Crystals, Observatories, Laser stabilization, Diamond

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

Hundred-watt CW and Joule level pulsed output from Raman fiber laser in 1.7-μm band

Andrew Grimes, Anand Hariharan, Yingzhi Sun, Simona Ovtar, Poul Kristensen, Philip Westergaard, Steven Rako, Cory Baumgarten, Robert Stoneman, Jeffrey Nicholson

Proceedings Volume 11260, 112601S (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545034

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Fiber lasers, Raman scattering, Fiber Bragg gratings, Scattering, Continuous wave operation, Absorption, Solids, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Semiconductor guidestar laser for astronomy, space, and laser communications: prototype design and expected performance

Céline d'Orgeville, Gregory Fetzer, Steven Floyd, Luke Hill, Steve Rako, Nathan Woody, . Sandalphon, Francis Bennet, Antonin Bouchez, Yue Gao, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Lambert, James Mason, Francois Rigaut, Stuart Ryder, Daniel Shaddock, Robert Sharp

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107030T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312405

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Laser guide stars, Semiconductors, Sodium, Prototyping, Laser applications, Laser development, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Astronomy

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