title: A fluorescence LIDAR sensor for hyper-spectral time-resolved remote sensing and mapping.
abstract: In this work we present a LIDAR sensor devised for the acquisition of time resolved laser induced fluorescence spectra. The gating time for the acquisition of the fluorescence spectra can be sequentially delayed in order to achieve fluorescence data that are resolved both in the spectral and temporal domains. The sensor can provide sub-nanometric spectral resolution and nanosecond time resolution. The sensor has also imaging capabilities by means of a computer-controlled motorized steering mirror featuring a biaxial angular scanning with 200 μradiant angular resolution. The measurement can be repeated for each point of a geometric grid in order to collect a hyper-spectral time-resolved map of an extended target.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Physics Nello Carrara - National Research Council of Italy, Via Madonna del Piano, 10, I50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palombi
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alderighi
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cecchi
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raimondi
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toci
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lognoli
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D007834:Lasers; D011825:Radar / Q000295:instrumentation*; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*