Improved calibration method for depolarization lidar measurement

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 14583 - 14590
• Main Authors: Liu, Bo, Wang, Zhien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 17.06.2013
• Subjects: Algorithms; Calibration; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Interferometry - instrumentation; Lasers; Radar - instrumentation; Refractometry - instrumentation

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...