Title :
Laser Technology Development at NASA Langley Research Center for Space based Applications
Author :
Edwards, William C.
Author_Institution :
NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton
Abstract :
In this paper, salient features of various laser based developmental efforts carried out at NASA Langley Research Center for coherent and direct detection LIDAR systems for land, airborne and space based platforms will be discussed.
Keywords :
optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; space research; LIDAR system; Langley Research Center; NASA; coherent detection; laser technology development; space based application; Chemical lasers; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser radar; NASA; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382439
