High energy diode pumped Ho:Tm:LuLif4 laser for lidar application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4893, Issue , 2003, Pages 203-210

  Petros, Mulugeta ^a   Yu, Jirong ^b   Chen, Songsheng ^c   Singh, Upendra N ^b   Walsh, Brian M ^b   Bai, Yingxhin ^c   Barnes, Norman P ^b  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOLMIUM; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); REMOTE SENSING; THULIUM; WIND; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

TWO-MICRON LASERS; GLOBAL WEATHER SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0042730380     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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