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Study of the possibility of using a parametric-light-generator-based laser system for lidar probing of the composition of the atmosphere

Matvienko, G.G., Romanovskiy, O.A., Sadovnikov, S.A., Sukhanov, A.Y., Kharchenko, O.V., Yakovlev, S.V.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Матвиенко Г.Г., Романовский О.А., Садовников С.А., Суханов А.Я., Харченко О.В., Яковлев С.В. Исследование возможности применения лазерной системы на основе параметрического генератора света для лидарного зондирования состава атмосферы // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 6. С. 58–65.

Matvienko G.G., Romanovskiy O.A., Sadovnikov S.A., Sukhanov A.Ya., Kharchenko O.V., Yakovlev S.V. Study of the possibility of using a parametric-light-generator-based laser system for lidar probing of the composition of the atmosphere [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 6. P. 58–65.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

G. G. Matvienko, O. A. Romanovskiĭ, S. A. Sadovnikov, A. Ya. Sukhanov, O. V. Kharchenko, and S. V. Yakovlev, "Study of the possibility of using a parametric-light-generator-based laser system for lidar probing of the composition of the atmosphere," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(6), 408-414 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000408

Abstract:

This paper discusses the possibility of using a laser system with parametric light generation based on a nonlinear KTiOAsO₄ crystal for lidar probing of the atmosphere in the 3–4 μm range. A combined technique has been developed for lidar measurements of the gaseous components of the atmosphere, using the differential-absorption method (DAM) and differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS). The DAM–DOAS technique has been tested in a numerical experiment to estimate the possibilities of lidar probing of minor gaseous components of the atmosphere.

Keywords:

atmosphere, lidar probing, DAM, DOAS, gaseous components of atmosphere, nonlinear crystals

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (16-45-700722 as part of the numerical modeling of lidar measurements of the MGCs of the atmosphere); Russian Federation for the Support of Young Russian Scientists (MK-1367.2017.5 as part of the development of a technique for the planning and carrying out of lidar DAM–DOAS measurements); Russian Federation for the Support of Outstanding Scientific Schools (NSh-8199.2016.5).

OCIS codes: 010.0280, 010.1280, 010.3640

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