Stabilized master laser system for differential absorption lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3274-3281

  Dinovitser, Alex ^a   Hamilton, Murray W ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MICROWAVE FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

BEAT FREQUENCY; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; MASTER LASERS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; WATER VAPOR DIAL; WATER VAPOR SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH ACCURACY;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 77955945550     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003274     Document Type: Article

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