Single-pulse measurement of wind velocities using an Er:Yb:glass coherent laser radar
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2011
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Heintze, M.
Chang, N.
Jeanneret, F.
Munch, J.
Ottaway, D.
Veitch, P.
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Applied Optics, 2011; 50(21):4017-4023
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Matthew C. Heintze, Nick W. H. Chang, Francois Jeanneret, Jesper Munch, David J. Ottaway and Peter J. Veitch
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Many wind-field mapping applications require range-resolved atmospheric velocity measurements at long range and/or with a temporal resolution sufficient to investigate turbulence. We argue that this capability can be achieved only by coherent laser radar systems that transmit energetic (>1 mJ) pulses. We describe such a system and describe single-pulse measurement of the range-resolved line-of-sight velocities, and show that the instrument-limited reproducibility of the measurements is 0.4 ms−1.
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© 2011 Optical Society of America