Tunable ultraviolet optical parametric oscillator for differential absorption lidar measurements of tropospheric ozone

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 153-163

  Fix, A ^a   Wirth, M ^a   Meister, A ^a   Ehret, G ^a   Pesch, M ^b   Weidauer, D ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Elight Laser Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OZONE LAYER; PUMPING (LASER); TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR MEASUREMENT; INTRACAVITY SUM FREQUENCY MIXING; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; TUNABLE ULTRAVIOLET OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0036757205     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-002-0964-y     Document Type: Article

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