2-Micron laser development for space-based remote sensing applications

RAST 2003 - Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 485-487

  Singh, U N ^a   Yu, Jirong ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHING; YLF LASERS;

DOUBLE PASS AMPLIFIERS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LASER AMPLIFIERS; LASER OSCILLATORS; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SINGLE PASS AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84945416684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAST.2003.1303964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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