High-pulse-repetition-frequency idar system using a single scope for transmission and reception

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2619-2629

  Argall, P S ^a,b   Jacka, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eidar; Rayleigh; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 6244301920     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002619     Document Type: Article

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