Backscattered Background Noise of the Lidar Ceilometer Influence Imposed by ASE in Single-Frequency Nanosecond Pulsed Laser at 1.5 μm

Autor: Qi Gao, Gang Li, Xiangping Zhu, Zhe Li, Wei Zhao, Pei Ju, Wei Gao, Shengfei She, Wenjia Dang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1120 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics10101120
Popis: In this work, we demonstrate a three-stage all-fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system emitting over 1 W of the linearly polarized narrow-linewidth pulse output power with 10 kHz pulse repetition frequency and 400 ns pulse width without the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) at ~1.5 µm. Initially, we analyze the effect of the ASE on the first derivative of backscatter intensity via a contrast experiment. The experiment results show that the noise intensity with angle of inclination is affected by the ASE of the amplifier, thereby decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio of the output power. The laser is characterized by a very low or no ASE level of the output signal when acquiring the first derivative of backscatter intensity with low noise. This condition provides a reference for improving the properties of the laser used for cloud detection.
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