Analysis of the performance of a coherent pulsed fiber lidar for aerosol backscatter applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 30, 2002, Pages 6442-6450

  Pearson, Guy N ^a   Roberts, P John ^a,b   Eacock, Justin R ^a   Harris, Michael ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b Blaze Photonics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MONOSTATIC ANTENNAS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0037145480     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006442     Document Type: Article

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