A solid state tunable laser for resonance measurements of atmospheric sodium
Abstract
The measurement of wave dynamics in the upper mesosphere using a solid-state laser to excite the resonance fluorescence line of sodium is examined. Two Nd:YAG lasers are employed to produce the sodium resonance line. The method involves mixing the 1064 nm radiation with that from a second Nd:YAG operating at 1319 nm in a nonlinear infrared crystal to directly produce 589 nm radiation by sum frequency generation. The use of the transmitter to measure the sodium layer from the Space Shuttle Platform is proposed. A diagram of the laser transmitter is presented.
- Publication:
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Tunable Solid State Lasers for Remote Sensing
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985tssl.proc...42P
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Optical Radar;
- Resonance Fluorescence;
- Sodium;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Mesosphere;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spaceborne Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers