High power Yb-doped fiber laser-based LIDAR for space weather

C. G. Carlson; P. D. Dragic; B. W. Graf; R. K. Price; J. J. Coleman; G. R. Swenson

doi:10.1117/12.764982

High power Yb-doped fiber laser-based LIDAR for space weather

C. G. Carlson, P. D. Dragic, B. W. Graf, R. K. Price, J. J. Coleman, G. R. Swenson

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Space weather, the study of the Earth's upper atmosphere and forecasting its response due to solar events, depends on knowledge of the state parameters of the neutral and ionized upper atmosphere. In this work, we present a ground-based diode-seeded, high-power, narrow-linewidth Yb-fiber amplifier-based lidar operating at 1083 nm for measuring temperature and density of the neutral atmosphere from 300-1000 km. The current state of the lidar system will be addressed, as well as ongoing work to increase 1) signal to noise ratio through power scaling and 2) spatial resolution and wind measurement capability via pulsed operation.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	68730K
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6873
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.764982
State	Published - 2008
Event	Fiber Lasers V: Technology, Systems, and Applications - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 21 2008 → Jan 24 2008

Keywords

Lidar
Narrow linewidth Yb-fiber amplifiers
Remote sensing
SBS suppression

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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