TAS::80 0119::TAS FOR REMOTE SENSING OF LASER/LIDAR TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPLICATIO…

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TAS::80 0119::TAS FOR REMOTE SENSING OF LASER/LIDAR TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPLICATIONS, THE PULSED COHERENT DOPPLER LIDARS ARE OF CONSIDERABLE CONTEMPORARY INTEREST AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL. AT PRESENT, THE COHERENT 2- M LASER RADAR HAS BEEN USED TO REPLACED CO2 GAS LASER (10.6- M) FOR ITS HIGHER SPATIAL AND VELOCITY RESOLUTION. CONSIDERING THE COMMERCIAL 2 MICRON LASER SYSTEMS ARE COMPLEX AND EXPENSIVE, BOSTON APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES PROPOSES A NEW LASER GAIN MEDIUM BY A REVOLUTIONARY CERAMIC LASER MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE HOST CERAMIC IS HIGHLY TRANSPARENT, ACTIVE AND POSSESS ELECTRO-OPTIC CHARACTER ITSELF. BY DOPING WITH SPECIFIED RARE EARTH IONS, IT IS EASILY TO REACH THE 2- M EMISSION. THE RESULTANT LASER TRANSMITTER WILL BE AN ALL SOLID-STATE, DIODE-PUMPED, ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION, 2 MICRON LASER SYSTEM PRODUCING LASER PULSES OF 2 TO 200 MJ AT 10 TO 200 HZ REPETITION RATE. THIS ALL DIODE-PUMPED LASER WILL BE COMPACT, RELIABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE AND ALSO CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN AIRCRAFT AND PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES.