Dr. Robert F. Walter Profile

Dr. Robert F. Walter

at Walter Critical Technologies

SPIE Involvement:

Editor | Author

Proceedings Article | 25 January 2001 Paper

Industrial iodine lasers: an untapped military resource

Marc Hallada, Stephan Seiffert, Robert Walter, John Vetrovec

Proceedings Volume 4184, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414001

KEYWORDS: Laser cutting, Robotic systems, Robotics, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Laser applications, Fiber optics, Neodymium, Nd:YAG lasers, Intelligence systems, Chemical lasers

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2001 Paper

High-power laser rock cutting and drilling in mining operations: initial feasibility tests

Marc Hallada, Robert Walter, Stephan Seiffert

Proceedings Volume 4184, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414007

KEYWORDS: Laser drilling, Laser cutting, High power lasers, Mining, Fiber lasers, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Quartz, Laser ablation, Infrared lasers, Fiber optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

High-power laser rock cutting and drilling in mining operations: initial feasibility tests

Marc Hallada, Robert Walter, Stephan Seiffert

Proceedings Volume 4065, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407383

KEYWORDS: Laser drilling, Laser cutting, Mining, High power lasers, Laser ablation, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Fiber lasers, Gas lasers

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2000 Paper

Chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) for the dismantlement of nuclear facilities

Marc Hallada, Stephan Seiffert, Robert Walter, John Vetrovec

Proceedings Volume 3931, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384276

KEYWORDS: Laser cutting, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Chemical lasers, Robotics, Robotic systems, Fiber optics, Weapons, Neodymium, Nd:YAG lasers, Laser applications

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 1998 Paper

Beam quality control techniques for pulsed CO2 lasers

Robert Walter

Proceedings Volume 3549, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344140

KEYWORDS: Gas lasers, Carbon dioxide lasers, Acoustics, Pulsed laser operation, Laser resonators, Carbon dioxide, Electrons, Laser development, Fluid dynamics, Aerodynamics

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 1998 Paper

Kinetics of XeF lasers

Robert Walter

Proceedings Volume 3403, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311965

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Laser resonators, Absorption, Performance modeling, Gas lasers, Mirrors, Electron beams, Numerical modeling, Pulsed laser operation, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 1997 Paper

High-frequency temporal structure of laser and phase-conjugated signals at intracavity degenerate four-wave mixing of CO2 and CO laser radiation in their inverted medium

Christopher Beairsto, Andrei Ionin, Andrei Kotkov, R. Penny, Leonid Seleznev, Stephen Squires, Robert Walter

Proceedings Volume 2987, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271560

KEYWORDS: Carbon dioxide lasers, Gas lasers, Diffraction gratings, Pulsed laser operation, Hydrogen fluoride lasers, Carbon dioxide, Modulation, Mode locking, Signal processing, Four wave mixing

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 1997 Paper

High-frequency temporal structure of laser and phase conjugated signals at intracavity degenerate four-wave mixing of CO2 and CO laser radiation inside their inverted medium

Christopher Beairsto, R. Penny, Stephen Squires, Andrei Ionin, Andrei Kotkov, Leonid Seleznev, Robert Walter

Proceedings Volume 3092, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270253

KEYWORDS: Gas lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Carbon dioxide lasers, Diffraction gratings, Carbon monoxide, Hydrogen fluoride lasers, Laser beam diagnostics, Mode locking, Modulation, Four wave mixing

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 1995 Paper

Hole-boring through clouds for laser power beaming

Ronald Lipinski, Robert Walter

Proceedings Volume 2376, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208192

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Relays, Absorption, Satellites, Mirrors, Liquids, Airborne laser technology, Carbon dioxide lasers, Scattering, Laser applications

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 1993 Paper

Pressure recovery in supersonic gas lasers

Robert Walter, Robert O'Leary

Proceedings Volume 1810, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144659

KEYWORDS: Diffusers, Gas lasers, Chemical lasers, Laser systems engineering, Laser resonators, Carbon dioxide lasers, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Carbon monoxide, Laser development, Packaging

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Proceedings Article | 23 April 1993 Paper

Pressure recovery devices for supersonic COIL lasers

Robert Walter, Robert O'Leary

Proceedings Volume 1980, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144528

KEYWORDS: Diffusers, Gas lasers, Laser systems engineering, Chemical lasers, Chemical oxygen iodine lasers, Laser resonators, iodine lasers, Carbon monoxide, Laser development, Packaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1991 Paper

Laser-induced medium perturbation in pulsed CO2 lasers

Gregory Dente, Robert Walter, Daniel Gardner

Proceedings Volume 1397, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25926

KEYWORDS: Carbon dioxide lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Near field optics, Data modeling, Resonators, Brain-machine interfaces, Carbon dioxide, Laser development, Chemical lasers, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1991 Paper

Output characteristics of a multikilowatt repetitively pulsed XeF laser

Robert Walter, Louis Palumbo, Steven Townsend, Peter Tannen

Proceedings Volume 1397, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25925

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1990 Paper

Review of oscillator performance for electric lasers

John Glessner, Peter Tannen, Robert Walter, Gregory Dente

Proceedings Volume 1224, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18427

KEYWORDS: Gas lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Optical resonators, Acoustics, Carbon dioxide lasers, Laser resonators, Resonators, Continuous wave operation, Carbon dioxide, Fluid dynamics

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