Publication Date:
2004-12-04
Description:
The rapid development of laser diodes offers the opportunity to design an all solid state transmitter for coherent Doppler lidar by using Nd:YAG as the gain medium. We have demonstrated that the components of such a system operate as expected. We believe that LD-pumped solid state laser oscillators and amplifiers offer an approach to space qualified transmitters with coherence, power, efficiency, and operating lifetime necessary to meet satellite platform requirements.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Proceedings of the NASA Symposium on Global Wind Measurements; p 181-182
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