High-power eye-safe 1.57-um optical parametric oscillator (OPO) lidar for atmospheric boundary-layer measurements

Sarah Harrell-Klein; William E. Wilcox; Dennis K. Killinger; Glen A. Rines; Richard A. Schwarz

doi:10.1117/12.205578

10 February 1995 High-power eye-safe 1.57-um optical parametric oscillator (OPO) lidar for atmospheric boundary-layer measurements

Sarah Harrell-Klein, William E. Wilcox, Dennis K. Killinger, Glen A. Rines, Richard A. Schwarz

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Proceedings Volume 2366, Optical Instrumentation for Gas Emissions Monitoring and Atmospheric Measurements; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.205578
Event: Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring, 1994, McLean, VA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a new eye-safe, high power lidar system which uses a Nd:YAG pumped KTP optical parametric oscillator (OPO) as the laser source. The output power of the OPO was about 170 mJ/pulse with a wavelength of 1.57 microns. Preliminary atmospheric lidar returns have been measured with this system out to ranges of 5 km.

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Sarah Harrell-Klein, William E. Wilcox, Dennis K. Killinger, Glen A. Rines, and Richard A. Schwarz "High-power eye-safe 1.57-um optical parametric oscillator (OPO) lidar for atmospheric boundary-layer measurements", Proc. SPIE 2366, Optical Instrumentation for Gas Emissions Monitoring and Atmospheric Measurements, (10 February 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.205578

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