Measurement of Stokes parameters of materials at 1064-nm and 532-nm wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4377, Issue , 2001, Pages 263-271

  Tan, Songxin ^a   Narayanan, Ram M ^a   Kalshoven, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser backscatter; Laser polarimetry; Lidar; Stokes parameters

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POLARIMETERS; RADAR REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

LASER POLARIMETRY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0035759085     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.440114     Document Type: Article

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