• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 50, Issue 4, 46 (2021)
Jiaxin LAN1、2, Ruocan ZHAO1、2, Tingyu PAN1、2, Xianghui XUE1、2, Tingdi CHEN1、2, Dongsong SUN1、2, and Zimu LI1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science of Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
  • 2Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Hefei3006, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20215004.0401001 Cite this Article
    Jiaxin LAN, Ruocan ZHAO, Tingyu PAN, Xianghui XUE, Tingdi CHEN, Dongsong SUN, Zimu LI. Comparative Analysis of Metastable Helium Resonance Fluorescence Lidar Systems[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(4): 46 Copy Citation Text show less
    Effective backscatter cross section for the 1083 nm lines
    Fig. 1. Effective backscatter cross section for the 1083 nm lines
    Saturation absorption spectrum of metastable Helium
    Fig. 2. Saturation absorption spectrum of metastable Helium
    Density distribution model of metastable Helium
    Fig. 3. Density distribution model of metastable Helium
    Pulsed lidar system schematic
    Fig. 4. Pulsed lidar system schematic
    Telescope beam path
    Fig. 5. Telescope beam path
    Combined transmission curve of FPI filter and interference filter
    Fig. 6. Combined transmission curve of FPI filter and interference filter
    Simulated receiving signal of pulsed lidar
    Fig. 7. Simulated receiving signal of pulsed lidar
    Simulated SNR of pulsed lidar
    Fig. 8. Simulated SNR of pulsed lidar
    Bistatic schematic of continuous lidar
    Fig. 9. Bistatic schematic of continuous lidar
    Continuous lidar system schematic
    Fig. 10. Continuous lidar system schematic
    FADOF schematic
    Fig. 11. FADOF schematic
    Combined transmission curve of FADOF and interference filter
    Fig. 12. Combined transmission curve of FADOF and interference filter
    Simulated receiving signal of continuous lidar
    Fig. 13. Simulated receiving signal of continuous lidar
    Simulated SNR of continuous lidar
    Fig. 14. Simulated SNR of continuous lidar
    Simulated SNR of continuous lidar (range resolution is 50 km)
    Fig. 15. Simulated SNR of continuous lidar (range resolution is 50 km)
    Comparison of SNR between pulsed lidar and continuous lidar(W and S stand for winter and summer respectively, P and C stand for pulsed lidar and continuous lidar respectively)
    Fig. 16. Comparison of SNR between pulsed lidar and continuous lidar(W and S stand for winter and summer respectively, P and C stand for pulsed lidar and continuous lidar respectively)
    ParametersValue
    Laser power/W25
    Laser repetition/Hz20
    Telescope area/m24.712
    FP FWHM/GHz8.05
    Optical efficiency/%4
    Detector dark counts/(e-٠pixel-1٠s-1)0.001 5
    Integral time/h1
    Range resolution/km50
    Table 1. Parameters of pulsed lidar simulation
    ParametersValue
    Laser power/W25
    Laser divergence angle/mrad0.05
    Laser tilt angle/mrad4.8
    Telescope area/m24.712
    Field of view/mrad6.401
    FADOF FWHM/GHz8.05
    Optical efficiency/%6
    Detector dark counts/(e-·pixel-1·s-1)0.001 5
    Detector pixel array1 340×100
    Integral time/h1
    Table 2. Parameters of continuous lidar simulation
    ParametersPulsed lidar systemContinuous lidar system
    Laser power/W2520
    Field of view/mrad0.16.401
    Filter FWHM/GHz8.052.3
    Filter peak transmittance0.60.9
    Table 3. Comparison of parameters between pulsed lidar and continuous lidar
    Jiaxin LAN, Ruocan ZHAO, Tingyu PAN, Xianghui XUE, Tingdi CHEN, Dongsong SUN, Zimu LI. Comparative Analysis of Metastable Helium Resonance Fluorescence Lidar Systems[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(4): 46
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