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Compact ozone differential absorption lidar (dial) transmitter using solid-state dye polymers
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | DeYoung, Russell J. Elsayid-Ele, Hani Jones Jr., Alton L. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | A new potential DIAL laser transmitter is described that uses solid-state dye laser materials to make a simpler, more compact, lower mass laser system. Two solid-state dye laser materials were tested to evaluate their performance in a laser oscillator cavity end pumped by a pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. The polymer host polymethyl-methacrylate was injected with a pyrromethene laser dye, PM 580, or PM 597. A narrowband laser oscillator cavity was constructed to produce visible wavelengths of 578 and 600 nm which were frequency doubled into the UV region (299 or 300 nm) by using a BBO crystal, resulting in a maximum energy of 11 mJ at a wavelength of 578 nm when pumped by the Nd:YAG laser at an energy of 100 mJ (532 nm). A maximum output energy of 378 microJ was achieved in the UV region at a wavelength of 289 nm but lasted only 2000 laser shots at a repetition rate of 10 Hz. The results are promising and show that a solid-state dye laser based ozone DIAL system is possible with improvements in the design of the laser transmitter. |
| File Size | 2403202 |
| Page Count | 50 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20010072441 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4nk89j0k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lasers And Masers Differential Absorption Lidar Dyes Ultraviolet Spectra Crystals Dye Lasers Ozone Oscillators Narrowband Transmitters Solid State Lasers Laser Cavities Polymethyl Methacrylate Neodymium Lasers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
