Raman shifter optimized for lidar at a 1.5 μm wavelength

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2990-2995

  Spuler, Scott M ^a   Mayor, Shane D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BEAM QUALITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH;

INJECTION SEEDING; NONFOCUSED OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 34547284187     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.002990     Document Type: Article

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