Utilization of a commercial optical parametric oscillator for water vapor differential absorption lidar measurements

Author

Henderson, A.J. ; Hasselbrack, William ; Li, Sinan ; Lokos, S. ; Notari, A. ; Zhang, Ge

Author_Institution

Sci. & Eng. Services Inc., Burtonsville, MD, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

237

Lastpage

238

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present measurements of the spectral characteristics of the commercially obtained optical parametric oscillator (OPO) (Continuum model Mirage 800) that reflect its suitability as an on-line differential absorption lidar (DIAL) transmitter.

Keywords

laser feedback; laser transitions; laser tuning; optical radar; optical transmitters; photoacoustic spectra; remote sensing by laser beam; remote sensing by radar; spectrochemical analysis; Continuum model Mirage 800; DIAL transmitter; commercial optical parametric oscillator; commercially obtained optical parametric oscillator; on-line differential absorption lidar; optical transmitter; spectral characteristics; water vapor differential absorption lidar measurements; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical transmitters; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864609