Atomic mercury flux monitoring using an optical parametric oscillator based lidar system
Optics Express, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 551-556 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.000551
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Abstract
Abstract A newly developed optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system has been applied to the monitoring of atomic mercury emissions at several chlor-alkali plants in Europe. The versatility of the system is illustrated by measured time series of mercury flux and movies of vertical and horizontal concentration distributions, which yield important input parameters for the environmental community. Long term measurements of the resonance absorption of mercury at 253.65 nm poses special demands, i.e. long term stability, on the light source that often have been hard to fulfill, in different respects, for standard OPO and dye laser based systems. Here, approaches to meet these demands are presented.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1120) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Air pollution monitoring
(010.3640) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Lidar
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(280.1120) Remote sensing and sensors : Air pollution monitoring
(280.1910) Remote sensing and sensors : DIAL, differential absorption lidar
(280.3640) Remote sensing and sensors : Lidar
(300.6210) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, atomic
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History
Original Manuscript: January 5, 2004
Revised Manuscript: February 2, 2004
Published: February 23, 2004
Citation
Mikael Sjöholm, Petter Weibring, Hans Edner, and Sune Svanberg, "Atomic mercury flux monitoring using an optical parametric oscillator based lidar system," Opt. Express 12, 551-556 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-12-4-551
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