用于大气温度廓线测量的瑞利-拉曼激光雷达

大气温度廓线及其时间演变特征资料在地球科学领域具有重要的应用,为获取高时空分辨的大气温度的垂直分布,建立了瑞利-拉曼温度测量激光雷达。介绍了瑞利-拉曼激光雷达进行温度测量的主要原理和研制的瑞利-拉曼激光雷达的主要参数;数据处理方面,通过背景噪声剔除和小波算法降噪提高系统的信噪比;使用研制的激光雷达对大气温度廓线进行观测,将观测结果与大气模式数据和卫星观测结果进行对比,均显示较好的一致性,证明了激光雷达温度测量结果的准确性,其温度测量数据可以用于气象学研究。     

Comparison of laser performance of electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic/single crystal laser

An electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YAG ceramic laser operating at kHz repetition rate was demonstrated. Thermal induced lens' focus of ceramic rod was measured and compensated by plano-convex cavity structure. Depolarization loss at different output powers was measured in Nd:YAG single crystal and ceramic lasers. High-energy high-beam-quality laser pulse output was obtained in both laser structures. Pulse energy of about 20 mJ and pulse width of less than 12 ns were achieved, and the average power reached 20 W. The divergence of output laser beam was less than 1.2 mrad, and the beam propagation factor M2 was about 1.4.