Coherent emission sources tunable in a wide range for a CH4 lidar

Yuri M. Andreev; Pavel P. Geiko; Mihail V. Alampiev; Efim M. Shvom; Mikhail Yu. Kataev

doi:10.1117/12.370529

19 November 1999 Coherent emission sources tunable in a wide range for a CH₄ lidar

Yuri M. Andreev, Pavel P. Geiko, Mihail V. Alampiev, Efim M. Shvom, Mikhail Yu. Kataev

Proceedings Volume 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370529
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, 1999, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

In this paper we present results obtained at the first stage of development of Small Mobile DAS Lidar to control leakage of methane and methane-bearing gas mixtures. We developed three models that operate at 0.25; 12.5, and 200 Hz pulse repetition frequency. All three are small Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPO) based on KTP crystals pumped with Nd:YAG (1.064 micrometers ) or Nd:YA (1.079 micrometers ) lasers. They span the 1.52 to 1.58 and 3.2 to 3.5 micrometers ranges and allow to work on both the most intense and weak CH₄ absorption bands with the center at (lambda) equals 1.57 micrometers having the emission line width of 1 and 2.5 nm, respectively. The energies of single 5-ns emission pulses are equal to 4-5, 8- 10 and 15 mJ, respectively. It is enough for sensing up to 1 to 3-km distances with the sensitivity of 50 ppb/km. Second Harmonic Generation of OPO emission allows one to make measurements within 1.66 and 0.77 micrometers CH₄ absorption bands.

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Yuri M. Andreev, Pavel P. Geiko, Mihail V. Alampiev, Efim M. Shvom, and Mikhail Yu. Kataev "Coherent emission sources tunable in a wide range for a CH₄ lidar", Proc. SPIE 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, (19 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370529

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