Remote bio-aerosol detection using a broadband 1.5 micron laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5617, Issue , 2004, Pages 92-102

  Wood, Nicholas J ^a   Gillespie, James B ^b   Ligon, David A ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Broadband OPO; LIDAR; Mie scattering

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CIVIL DEFENSE; DEMODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GUNS (ARMAMENT); LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

BIOAEROSOL; BROADBAND OPO; MIE SCATTERING; REMOTE DETECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 17644384454     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.581923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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