Evidence for speckle effects on pulsed CO2 lidar signal returns from remote targets

Applied Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1984, Pages 1412-1417

  Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Menzies, Robert T ^a   Kavaya, Michael J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS, CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0021422393     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.23.001412     Document Type: Article

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