title: Development of a 1.6 microm differential absorption lidar with a quasi-phase-matching optical parametric oscillator and photon-counting detector for the vertical CO2 profile.
abstract: We have developed a 1.6 microm carbon dioxide (CO(2)) differential absorption lidar utilizing a quasi-phase-matching optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and a photon-counting detector. The operating wavelengths were chosen based on their low interference from water vapor and low temperature sensitivity. The online wavelength was in the (30012<--0001) band of CO(2), which was insensitive to atmospheric temperature. The established OPO laser achieved a 10 mJ, 200 Hz repetition rate at the online and offline wavelengths. Our observations confirmed the statistical error of 2% with 5 h of accumulation for the CO(2) density profile less than 5.2 km. Also, the statistical error of 1% at an altitude of 2 km was demonstrated. The results of the vertical CO(2) concentrations acquired using a 1.6 microm wavelength are presented.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan. sakaizawa.daisuke@jaxa.jp
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakaizawa
authors.forename: Chikao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: Tomohiro
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authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Makoto
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authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: Yasukuni
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authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Masahisa
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authors.lastname: Nakazato
authors.forename: Tetsu
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authors.lastname: Sakai