A powerful eyesafe infrared aerosol lidar: Application of stimulated Raman backscattering of 1.06 μm radiation
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- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 65 (11) , 3324-3331
Abstract
A powerful infrared aerosol lidar operating at the eyesafe wavelength of 1.56 mu m has been developed. More than 140 mJ per pulse are obtained from stimulated Raman backscattering narrow-band Nd:YAG laser radiation in deuterium. The mobile lidar system was successfully applied during the VAST and MAPTIP international aerosol field campaigns in 1992 and 1993. A range between 0.3 and more than 10 km is demonstrated for slant-path measurements in the presence of aerosols or cirrus cloudsKeywords
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