Title :
Quantum Cascade laser for elastic-backscattering LIDAR measurement
Author :
Paschke, Katrin ; Liu, Peter Q. ; Michel, Anna P.M. ; Smith, James ; Moshary, Fred ; Gmachl, Claire
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present an experimental demonstration for an elastic-backscattering LIDAR system measurement using a Quantum Cascade laser (QCL). The laser emits a peak power of above 13W at 80K and with a wavelength of 4.5µm.
Keywords :
Collimators; Laser beams; Laser radar; Lenses; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Power generation; Power lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
