High-power eyesafe YAG lasers for coherent laser radar

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2004, Pages 356-361

  Malm, Andrew I R ^a   Hartman, Ross ^a   Stoneman, Robert C ^a  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FREQUENCIES; HOLMIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BEAM QUALITY; LASER TRANSMITTERS; PULSE ENERGY; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY (PRF);

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 8744231768     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2004.356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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