Long term performance of the High Output Maximum Efficiency Resonator (HOMER) laser for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-72

  Stysley, Paul R ^a   Coyle, D Barry ^a   Kay, Richard B ^b   Frederickson, Robert ^c   Poulios, Demetrios ^b   Cory, Ken ^c   Clarke, Greg ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Laser; Nd:YAG

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); LASERS; NASA; OPTICAL PUMPING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

ALTIMETRY; DIODE-PUMPED; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLIGHT QUALITY; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; ND: YAG; OPERATIONAL LIFE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 84919338280     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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