Title :
Remote gas leak detection using a portable mini-Lidar, based on a doubly-resonant OPO
Author :
Hardy, Bertrand ; Raybaut, Myriam ; Godard, Antoine ; Mohamed, Ajmal K. ; Melkonian, Jean-Michel ; Lefebvre, Michel
Author_Institution :
DMPH Onera, French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We report on remote gas leak detection using a portable mini-Lidar. The Lidar transmitter is based on a micro-laser pumped, entangled cavities, doubly-resonant optical parametric oscillator, allowing specific tuning procedures in the 3.8-4.3μm range.
Keywords :
measurement by laser beam; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical radar; Lidar transmitter; doubly-resonant OPO; doubly-resonant optical parametric oscillator; entangled cavities; microlaser; portable mini-Lidar; remote gas leak detection; wavelength 3.8 mum to 4.3 mum; Cavity resonators; Gas lasers; Laser radar; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
