Improved calibration method for depolarization lidar measurement

An improved calibration method for lidar depolarization measurement is described. With this method the system constants including the electronic gain ratio of the parallel and perpendicular channels, the optical reflectance and transmission parameters of the polarizing beam splitter, and the linear...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 14583 - 14590
Main Authors Liu, Bo, Wang, Zhien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 17.06.2013
Subjects
Algorithms
Calibration
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Interferometry - instrumentation
Lasers
Radar - instrumentation
Refractometry - instrumentation
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Summary:An improved calibration method for lidar depolarization measurement is described. With this method the system constants including the electronic gain ratio of the parallel and perpendicular channels, the optical reflectance and transmission parameters of the polarizing beam splitter, and the linear polarization ratio of the emitting laser beam can be determined conveniently by using lidar measurements with a half-wave plate oriented at selected angles.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.21.014583