Eye-safe lidar transmitter at 1.45 μm based on a Cr4+:YAG laser

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 1, Issue 561, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Petrova, Anna ^a   Wagner, Gerd ^a   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHROMIUM; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RESONATORS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSMITTERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS (DIAL); EYE SAFETY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 3142532654     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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