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Open-path atmospheric transmission for a diode-pumped cesium laser

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Article

Publication Date

11-27-2012

Abstract

A tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy device was developed to study atmospheric propagation for emerging high-energy laser weapons. The cesium diode-pumped alkali laser operates near 895 nm in the vicinity of several water-vapor absorption lines. Temperature, pressure, and water vapor concentration were determined for 150 m and 1 km open paths with statistical errors of ∼0.2%. Comparison with meteorological instruments yields agreement for the 1 km path to within 0.6% for temperature, 3.7% for pressure, and 2.4% for concentration. Abstract © OSA

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© 2012 Optical Society of America

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Applied Optics (ISSN 1539-4522; 1559-128X)

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