Wavemeter for tuning solid state lasers

Joseph H. Goad Jr.; Pamela L. Rinsland; Edward H. Kist Jr.; Steven C. Irick

doi:10.1117/12.43590

1 July 1991 Wavemeter for tuning solid state lasers

Joseph H. Goad Jr., Pamela L. Rinsland, Edward H. Kist Jr., Steven C. Irick

Proceedings Volume 1410, Solid State Lasers II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43590
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The continuing effort to develop, design, construct, and evaluate the performance of an airborne autonomous wavemeter for tuning solid state lasers is summarized. The wavemeter supports tunable solid state lasers that are used for an atmospheric remote sensing technique. One atmospheric species, water vapor, is measured by tuning one laser to precisely the line center of a water vapor line and by tuning another laser off the line. The two sets of received backscattered radiation are ratioed and corrected to determine the vertical profiles of water vapor. On a spacecraft platform, an advanced system could monitor the vertical water vapor profiles. This would provide a technology improvement for meteorological forecasting.

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Joseph H. Goad Jr., Pamela L. Rinsland, Edward H. Kist Jr., and Steven C. Irick "Wavemeter for tuning solid state lasers", Proc. SPIE 1410, Solid State Lasers II, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43590

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