Title :
1.5 μm all fiber pulsed lidar for wake vortex monitoring
Author :
Dolfi-Bouteyre, Agnes ; Augere, Beatrice ; Besson, Claudine ; Canat, Guillaume ; Fleury, Didier ; Gaudo, Thierry ; Goular, Didier ; Lombard, Laurent ; Planchat, Christophe ; Valla, Matthieu ; Cariou, Jean-Pierre ; Petilon, Olivier ; Lawson-Daku, Julius
Author_Institution :
Dept. d´´Opt. Theor. et Appl., ONERA, Palaiseau
Abstract :
A pulsed fibre lidar based on 1.5 mum fibre technology has been demonstrated for wake vortex monitoring on airport sites. The wake vortex cores position resolution is plusmn2 m, the error on circulation 10%.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; aircraft; atmospheric turbulence; fibre lasers; hazards; measurement by laser beam; optical radar; vortices; wakes; airport sites; all fiber pulsed lidar; atmospheric hazards detection; fiber laser; position resolution; wake vortex monitoring; wavelength 1.5 mum; Displays; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser radar; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical scattering; Optical vortices; Pulse amplifiers; (280.3340) Laser Doppler Velocimetry; (280.3640) Lidar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
