Airborne lidar for environmental measurements

Author

Uthe, Edward E.

Author_Institution

Geosci. & Eng. Centre, SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

275

Abstract

Now being tested is an airborne IR differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system operating in the 3- to 5-μm wavelength region. The system employs two Nd:YAG lasers each pumping a KTiOAsO₄ (KTA) optical parametric oscillator. The system will be used to measure methane column-content concentrations over regional areas

Keywords

air pollution measurement; chemical variables measurement; environmental factors; infrared detectors; neodymium; optical parametric oscillators; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; solid lasers; spectrochemical analysis; μm wavelength region; 3 mum; 5 mum; DIAL; KTiOAsO₄; KTiOAsO₄ optical parametric oscillator; Nd:YAG lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; airborne IR differential absorption lidar; airborne lidar; environmental measurements; methane column-content concentration measurement; optical pumping; regional areas; Area measurement; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Laser excitation; Laser radar; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; System testing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484700

Filename

484700