Eye-safe coherent lidar detection using a 1.5-um Raman laser

Timothy W. Monarski; Stephen M. Hannon; Philip Gatt

doi:10.1117/12.440124

19 September 2001 Eye-safe coherent lidar detection using a 1.5-um Raman laser

Timothy W. Monarski, Stephen M. Hannon, Philip Gatt

Proceedings Volume 4377, Laser Radar Technology and Applications VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.440124
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We present data on a novel short-pulse eyesafe lidar transceiver for utilization in high-resolution heterodyne detection Doppler wind sensing. Operating at 20 Hz, the transmitter is a 1.3 micrometers pumped solid state Raman laser running at 1.556 micrometers , and is injection seeded using a direct diode master oscillator. This system is coupled to a hemispherical scanner to measure atmospheric winds, with the data validated against a commercially-available 2 micrometers lidar system. We typically measured atmospheric returns from greater than 2 km, with range resolution less than 6 m.

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Timothy W. Monarski, Stephen M. Hannon, and Philip Gatt "Eye-safe coherent lidar detection using a 1.5-um Raman laser", Proc. SPIE 4377, Laser Radar Technology and Applications VI, (19 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.440124

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