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Simultaneous remote sensing of multiple atmospheric gases (CO2, CH4, and H2O) based on an all-fiber laser heterodyne spectroradiometer

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We report an all-fiber, near-infrared laser heterodyne radiometer (LHR) that uses two distributed feedback (DFB) diode lasers as local oscillators. This scheme allows the retrieval of the column abundances of multiple atmospheric gases of CH4, CO2, and H2O. To improve the detection efficiency, we operated the two DFB diode lasers emitting at 1653 and 1568 nm simultaneously within one scanning cycle. The duration of one scanning cycle was experimentally determined to be 2 s. An atmospheric transmission spectrum of multi-gas was observed within 20 s after averaging ten times. This approach has simplified the sensing system and reduced the probability of being affected by the rapid and random fluctuation of solar radiation due to clouds. We regulated the laser power, and hence, the amplitudes of background heterodyne signals excited by the two local oscillators, to accurately measure the transmission spectrum of each gas species. The results of the sun-tracking observations of this LHR sensor show good agreement with the data taken simultaneously by the GOSAT satellite.

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The developed LHR sensor presents a simple structure in simultaneously operating the two DFB diode lasers based on laser heterodyne radiometer for simultaneous measurement of multi-gases in a short scanning cycle.

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Funding

This project is supported by Ningbo Natural Science Foundation (2202J159), Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (2021C03178), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LQ22F050014), NingboTech University (20201203Z0196), and the Scientific Research Foundation for Talent Introduction of Zhejiang University Ningbo Campus (20201203Z0180).

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  1. Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Gaoxuan Wang, Yuqi Zhu, Shengnan Wu & Sailing He

  2. Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, National Engineering Research Center for Optical Instruments, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Sensing Technologies, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Gaoxuan Wang, Yuqi Zhu, Shengnan Wu & Sailing He

  3. School of Information Science and Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Gaoxuan Wang, Yuqi Zhu, Tie Zhang, Shengnan Wu & Sailing He

  4. Beijing Institute of Control and Electronic Technology, Beijing, 100038, China

    Mingxuan Du & Jingli Wang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by GW, YZ, TZ, MD, JW, SW, and SH. The first draft of the manuscript was written by GW and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Wang, G., Zhu, Y., Zhang, T. et al. Simultaneous remote sensing of multiple atmospheric gases (CO2, CH4, and H2O) based on an all-fiber laser heterodyne spectroradiometer. Appl. Phys. B 129, 126 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-023-08071-2

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