Transmitter for multispecies DIAL sensing of atmospheric water vapor, methane and carbon dioxide in the 2 µm range

Author

Barria, Jessica Barrientos ; Dherbecourt, J.-B. ; Raybaut, M. ; Mammez, Dominique ; Godard, A. ; Melkonian, Jean Michel ; Pelon, Jacques ; Lefebvre, M.

Author_Institution

French Aerosp. Lab., ONERA, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2014

fDate

8-13 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We describe a tunable transmitter - based on an amplified nanosecond single-frequency optical parametric oscillator - for multi-species monitoring of green-house gases by integrated path DIAL on the CO₂-2.05μm, H₂O-2.06μm, CH₄-2.29 μm absorption lines.

Keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; optical parametric oscillators; optical radar; organic compounds; remote sensing by laser beam; CO₂; H₂O; absorption lines; amplified nanosecond single-frequency optical parametric oscillator; atmospheric carbon dioxide; atmospheric methane; atmospheric water vapor; green-house gases; integrated path DIAL; multispecies DIAL sensing; multispecies monitoring; tunable transmitter; wavelength 2.05 mum; wavelength 2.06 mum; wavelength 2.29 mum; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Frequency conversion; Laser radar; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

6989115