Application of extended tuning range for external cavity diode lasers to water vapor differential absorption measurements

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Obland, Michael D ^a,b   Nehrir, Amin R ^c   Repasky, Kevin S ^c   Caristen, John L ^a   Shaw, Joseph A ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential absorption lidar; Laser sensors; Lasers; Lidar; Remote sensing; Semiconductors; Spectroscopy; Tunable

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; EXTERNAL CAVITY DIODE LASER; LASER SENSORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 36049035072     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2771654     Document Type: Article

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