A radiation source based on a solid-state Raman laser for diagnosing tropospheric ozone

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Ermolenkov, V V ^a   Lisinetskii V A ^a   Mishkel, Ya I ^a   Grabchikov, A S ^a   Chaikovskii A P ^a   Orlovich, V A ^a  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT SOURCES; OZONE LAYER; RAMAN SCATTERING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SOLID STATE LASERS; TROPOSPHERE;

DIVERGENCE; RADIATION SOURCE; RAMAN LASER; SECOND HARMONIC RADIATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 15944407970     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.72.000032     Document Type: Article

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