EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

Numerical Simulations of a 2.05 μm Q-switched Ho:YLF Laser for CO2 IPDA Space Remote Sensing

  • Pellegrino Jessica Barrientos,
  • Edouart Dimitri,
  • Gibert Fabien,
  • Cenac Claire

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611905003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 119
p. 05003

Abstract

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We report on numerical simulations of the performances of a 2.05 μm double pulse Q-switched Ho:YLF laser for the monitoring of CO2 from space. A Q-switched Holmium laser set-up based on a MOPA configuration is proposed to fulfill the requirements of a IPDA space-borne measurement. Double pulse operation is considered to obtain a 250 μs delay time between the ON and OFF pulse emissions. Numerical simulations results show that up to 40 mJ ON pulse can be extracted from the Ho:YLF laser at a repetition rate of 350 Hz with an optical efficiency of 17 %.