Ultrashort Laser applications in Lidar and atmospheric sciences

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5226, Issue , 2003, Pages 238-248

  Kasparian, Jérôme ^a   Bourayou, Riad ^b   Boutou, Véronique ^a   Favre, Catherine ^a   Méjean, Guillaume ^a   Mondelain, Didier ^a   Mysyrowicz, André ^c   Rodriguez, Miguel ^d   Salmon, Estelle ^a   Sauerbrey, Roland ^b   Wille, Holger ^d   Wolf, Jean Pierre ^a   Wöste, Ludger ^d   Yu, Jin ^a   Klingbeil, L ^e   Rethmeier, K ^e   Kalkner, W ^e   Hartzes, A ^f   Lehman, H ^f   Eisloffel J ^f   Stecklum, B ^f   Winkler, J ^f   Laux, U ^f   Honger S ^f   Pan, Y ^g   Chang, R K ^g   Hill, S C ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Thüringer Landesternwarte   (Germany)

^g Yale University   (United States)

^h U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol detection; Atmospheric propagation; Lidar; Lightning control; Remote sensing; Ultrafast lasers; Ultrafast nonlinear optics; White light generation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DETECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PROPOGATION; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS; WHITE-LIGHT GENERATION;

AEROSOLS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; REMOTE SENSING; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 2342475124     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.519494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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