Frequency stabilization of a diode laser to absorption lines of water vapor in the 944-nm wavelength region

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 525-528

  Koch, Grady J ^a   Cook, Anthony L ^a   Fitzgerald, Colleen ^b   Dharamsi, Amin N ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

DIAL; Frequency stabilization; Lidar; Modulation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY STABILITY; OPTICAL RADAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR (DIAL); MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0035306683     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1354628     Document Type: Article

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