Atmospheric CO₂ sensing by DIAL using a high energy, high purity and high stability parametric source

Erwan Cadiou (1, 2) , Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt (1) , Jean-Michel Melkonian (1) , Antoine Godard (1) , Jacques Pelon (3) , Myriam Raybaut (1)

1 DPHY, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Palaiseau]
2 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
3 TROPO - LATMOS

We report on the development of a tunable parametric source emitting 10-mJ, 10-ns-long, Fourier-transform-limited pulses with high frequency stability, and its implementation in a direct detection lidar operating at 2051 nm for carbon dioxide sensing.

Domains: Ocean, Atmosphere

Erwan Cadiou, Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt, Jean-Michel Melkonian, Antoine Godard, Jacques Pelon, et al.. Atmospheric CO₂ sensing by DIAL using a high energy, high purity and high stability parametric source. Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources 2018, Mar 2018, Strasbourg, France. paper MM4C.3, ⟨10.1364/MICS.2018.MM4C.3⟩. ⟨insu-01764036⟩