Eye-safe lidar receiver using Er3+: Fiber optical preamplifier

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3000, Issue , 1997, Pages 72-81

  Chou, Hsian P ^a   Eng, Richard S ^a   Cook, F ^a   Hasson, Victor H ^a  

^a Textron Defense Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Er3+ doped fiber amplifier; Lidar receiver; Optical preamplifier

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTODIODES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TRANSDUCERS;

1550 NM; BEAM COUPLING; COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; DETECTION SYSTEMS; ER3+-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; EYE SAFE LIDAR; FIBER OPTICAL; FILTER BANDWIDTHS; LID AR SYSTEMS; LIDAR RECEIVER; OPTICAL PREAMPLIFIER; RECEIVER DETECTION; SATURATION LEVELS; TEST RESULTS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0006252127     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.263501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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