Coherent mid-IR laser radar

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4377, Issue , 2001, Pages 155-162

  Hanson, Frank ^a   Poirier, Pete ^a   Schimitschek, Erhard ^a   Arbore, Mark A ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY STABILITY; HETERODYNING; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; WATER ABSORPTION;

NON-PLANAR RING OSCILLATORS (NPRO);

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0035758372     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.440104     Document Type: Article

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