Compact laser sources for laser designation, ranging and active imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6552, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Goldberg, Lew ^a   Nettleton, John ^a   Schilling, Brad ^a   Trussel, Ward ^a   Hays, Alan ^a  

^a NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actively qswitched; Eye safe lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser designators; Laser range finders; NdrYAG; Passively Q switched; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

EYE-SAFE LASERS; LASER RANGE FINDERS; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER);

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 35948981214     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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