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Tunable ultraviolet optical parametric oscillator for differential absorption lidar measurements of tropospheric ozone

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A pulsed optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with intracavity sum frequency mixing was developed generating energies of up to 16 mJ in the 281–293 nm wavelength range. Both OPO process and sum frequency mixing are pumped by the harmonics of a single, medium-sized Nd:YAG laser. The system is characterized by a high overall efficiency (∼4% conversion from 1064 nm to the UV), a very compact set-up and stable and reliable operation. This system was successfully employed to measure tropospheric ozone using the differential absorption lidar (DIAL) technique and shows much promise as a lidar transmitter in airborne case studies as well as in unattended lidar systems for long-term monitoring. An unattended ozone profiling system could already be successfully realized.

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  1. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) e.V., Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre/Arbeitsgruppe Lidar, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    A. Fix, M. Wirth, A. Meister & G. Ehret

  2. Elight Laser Systems GmbH, Warthestr. 21, 14513 Teltow, Germany, , , , , , DE

    M. Pesch & D. Weidauer

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  1. A. Fix
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Received: 1 April 2002 / Revised version: 30 May 2002 / Published online: 2 September 2002

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Fix, A., Wirth, M., Meister, A. et al. Tunable ultraviolet optical parametric oscillator for differential absorption lidar measurements of tropospheric ozone. Appl Phys B 75, 153–163 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0964-y

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