Optimizing coherent lidar performance with graded-reflectance laser resonator optics
Applied Optics, Vol. 31, Issue 21, pp. 4233-4239 (1992)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.31.004233
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Abstract
We demonstrate how the design of graded-reflectance output coupler unstable laser cavities may be tailored to significantly enhance the overall power transmission efficiency of a given laser system relative to that of a conventional diffractively coupled unstable resonator. The importance of these findings in coherent lidar applications is explained with particular emphasis on projected space-based systems.
© 1992 Optical Society of America
Citation
David M. Tratt, "Optimizing coherent lidar performance with graded-reflectance laser resonator optics," Appl. Opt. 31, 4233-4239 (1992)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-31-21-4233
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