Coherent laser radar performance for general atmospheric refractive turbulence

Applied Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 36, 1991, Pages 5325-5352

  Frehlich, Rod G ^a   Kavaya, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; Heterodyne detection; Laser radar; Lidar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975594863     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.30.005325     Document Type: Article

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