New concepts for an environmental lidar

Alberto Marzorati; Eugenio Zanzottera

doi:10.1117/12.138536

17 December 1992 New concepts for an environmental lidar

Alberto Marzorati, Eugenio Zanzottera

Proceedings Volume 1714, Lidar for Remote Sensing; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138536
Event: Environmental Sensing '92, 1992, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A development activity is in progress to renew the ENEL DIAL with the aim of obtaining a reliable multipurpose system, able to control different pollutants (SO₂, NO, NO₂, O₃, Hg, CO, etc.), together with important meteorological parameters such as water vapor concentration and temperature. The system is based on an Nd:YAG pumped Titanium:Sapphire laser, with the possibility to be tuned from UV to IR by frequency mixing. The frequency control is obtained by means of stabilized laser diode injection into the Titanium:Sapphire laser. The Nd:YAG pump laser, designed for spaceborne use in the framework of an ESA contract, is a very compact device, based on a master oscillator plus amplifier (MOPA) configuration with a Gaussian resonator. The main feature of the transient recorder is the high dynamic range (18 bit, i.e., dynamic range of 250,000) with a 10 MHz sampling rate and a reduced jitter for the laser pulse emission (less than 10 ns). The receiver photomultiplier follows a quadratic gain versus range law in order to reduce the LIDAR signal dynamic range. Most of the work concerned with these critical LIDAR components (laser, wavelength control, receiver) is presented.

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Alberto Marzorati and Eugenio Zanzottera "New concepts for an environmental lidar", Proc. SPIE 1714, Lidar for Remote Sensing, (17 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138536

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