Diode-pumped 2-μm solid state lidar transmitter for wind measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3104, Issue , 1997, Pages 173-178

  Singh, Upendra N ^a   Williams Byrd, Julie A ^a   Barnes, Norman P ^a   Yu, Jirong ^a   Petros, Mulugeta ^a   Lockard, George E ^a   Modlin, Edward A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent wind lidar; Diode laser arrays; Diode pumped solid state laser; Eye safe two micron laser; Ho:Tm:YLF laser; Lidar; Optical amplifiers; Rare earth and transition metal solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RADAR; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMITTERS; WIND EFFECTS;

SOLID STATE LIDARS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031306120     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Solid state laser technology
6. Theory of pulse propagation in a laser amplifier