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A solid state tunable laser for resonance measurements of atmospheric sodium

Document ID: 64

Philbrick, C. Russell¹
Bufton, J. L.²
Gardner, C. S.

¹ USAF, Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA, U.S.A.
² NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 723, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.
 

Presented: NASA Conference
Stanford University, Stanford, California, October 1-3, 1984

Abstract

The initial concept of an instrument to measure the wave dynamics in the upper mesosphere using a solid state laser to excite the resonance fluorescence line of sodium is discussed. The technique would make use 0£ two Nd:YAG lasers to produce the sodium resonance line. The concept has been proposed for use in a space shuttle experiment.

 

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"A solid state tunable laser for resonance measurements of atmospheric sodium", Philbrick, C. R., J. L. Bufton, C. S. Gardner, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Tunable Solid State Lasers for Remote Sensing, Vol. 51, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, GmbH, 1984, pp. 42 - 46, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39765-6, ISBN: 978-3-662-13561-7