| Literature DB >> 19794745 |
T H Jeys, R M Heinrichs, K F Wall, J Korn, T C Hotaling, E Kibblewhite.
Abstract
We have observed a large variation with laser polarization in the amount of laser light resonantly backscattered from the Earth's mesospheric sodium layer located at a 90-km altitude. This variation is evidence of optical pumping of mesospheric sodium atoms.Entities:
Year: 1992 PMID： 19794745 DOI： 10.1364/ol.17.001143
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Lett ISSN： 0146-9592 Impact factor: 3.776