Single and tandem Fabry–Perot etalons as solar background filters for lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 5851-5858

  Mc Kay, Jack A ^a  

^a Remote Sensor Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR;

REFLECTIVE COUPLING; SOLAR BACKGROUND FILTERS;

ETALONS;

EID: 0032606277     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005851     Document Type: Article

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