Sodium temperature/wind lidar based on laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers deployed at Tromso, Norway (69.6°N, 19.2°E)

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作者
Kawahara, T. D. [1 ]
Nozawa, S. [2 ]
Saito, N. [3 ]
Kawabata, T. [2 ]
Tsuda, T. T. [4 ]
Wada, S.
机构
[1] Shinshu Univ, Fac Engn, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, Nagano 3808553, Japan
[2] Nagoya Univ, Inst Space Earth Environm Res, Chikusa Ku, Furo Cho, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[3] RIKEN, Ctr Adv Photon, Photon Control Technol Team, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[4] Univ Electrocommun, Dept Comp & Network Engn, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 1828585, Japan
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2017年 / 25卷 / 12期
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION; MESOPAUSE REGION TEMPERATURE; D-2 RESONANCE RADIATION; SPORADIC SODIUM; SYOWA-STATION; WIND; LAYER; 39-DEGREES-E; 69-DEGREES-S; SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1364/OE.25.00A491
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An Nd:YAG laser-based sodium temperature/wind lidar was developed for the measurement of the northern polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere at Tromso (69.6N, 19.2E), Norway. Coherent light at 589 nm is produced by sum frequency generation of 1064 nm and 1319 nm from two diode laser end-pumped pulsed Nd:YAG lasers. The output power is as high as 4W, with 4 mJ/pulse at 1000 Hz repetition rate. Five tilting Cassegrain telescopes enable us to make five-direction (zenith, north, south, east, west) observation for temperature and wind simultaneously. This highly stable laser system is first of its kind to operate virtually maintenance-free during the observation season (from late September to March) since 2010. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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页码:A491 / A501
页数:11
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