Development of optical parametric amplifier for lidar measurements of trace gases on Earth and Mars

Kenji Numata; Haris Riris; Steve Li; Stewart Wu; Stephan R. Kawa; Michael Krainak; James Abshire

doi:10.1117/12.896307

13 September 2011 Development of optical parametric amplifier for lidar measurements of trace gases on Earth and Mars

Kenji Numata, Haris Riris, Steve Li, Stewart Wu, Stephan R. Kawa, Michael Krainak, James Abshire

Proceedings Volume 8159, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII; 81590E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896307
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Trace gases in planetary atmospheres offer important clues as to the origins of the planet's hydrology, geology, atmosphere, and potential for biology. We report on the development effort of a nanosecond-pulsed optical parametric amplifier (OPA) for remote trace gas measurements for Mars and Earth. The OPA output light is single frequency with high spectral purity and is widely tunable both at 1600 nm and 3300 nm with an optical-optical conversion efficiency of ~40%. We demonstrated open-path atmospheric measurements of CH4 (3291 nm and 1651 nm), CO₂ (1573 nm), H₂O (1652 nm) with this laser source.

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Kenji Numata, Haris Riris, Steve Li, Stewart Wu, Stephan R. Kawa, Michael Krainak, and James Abshire "Development of optical parametric amplifier for lidar measurements of trace gases on Earth and Mars", Proc. SPIE 8159, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XII, 81590E (13 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896307

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