An Acousto-optic Tunable Filter Based Active, Long-Wave IR Spectrapolarimetric Imager

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5268, Issue , 2004, Pages 104-112

  Prasad, Narasimha S ^a  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acousto optic tunable filter; Mercurous chloride; Optical parametric oscillator; Spectrapolarimetric imager; Yb:Er:Glass laser

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL TUNABLE FILTERS; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; SPECTRAPOLARIMETRIC IMAGERS; YB:ER:GLASS LASERS;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; POLARIMETERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 2142658988     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.519646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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