Upgraded 1.56μm lidar at IMK-IFU with 0:28 J/pulse

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3732-3740

  Trickl, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER);

AEROSOL LIDARS; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; ND : YAG LASERS; OPERATING RANGES; PULSE ENERGIES; STIMULATED RAMAN; SUB NANOSECONDS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 77955935509     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003732     Document Type: Article

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