DocumentCode
2669712
Title
Bidirectional ring laser as a scatterometer
Author
Quintero-Torres, R. ; Navarro, M. ; Ackermann, M.R. ; Diels, J.-C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We present a bidirectional pulsed ring laser working as differential spectrometer to measure absolute scattering coefficient. The threshold for locking the beat note is used and a scattering amplitude, R, of 10/sup -12/ was measured.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; light scattering; optical instruments; ring lasers; absolute scattering coefficient; beat note locking; bidirectional ring laser; differential spectrometer; pulsed ring laser; scatterometer; Backscatter; Electrooptic modulators; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Radar measurements; Ring lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.238384
Filename
1276262
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