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Atomic mercury flux monitoring using an optical parametric oscillator based lidar system

Sjöholm, Mikael LU ; Weibring, Petter LU ; Edner, Hans LU and Svanberg, Sune LU (2004) In Optics Express 12(4). p.551-556
Abstract
A newly developed optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system has been applied to the monitoring of atomic mercury emissions at several chlor-alkali plants in Europe. The versatility of the system is illustrated by measured time series of mercury flux and movies of vertical and horizontal concentration distributions, which yield important input parameters for the environmental community. Long term measurements of the resonance absorption of mercury at 253.65 nm poses special demands, i.e. long term stability, on the light source that often have been hard to fulfill, in different respects, for standard OPO and dye laser based systems. Here, approaches to meet these demands are presented.
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Air pollution monitoring, differential absorption lidar, Spectroscopy, atomic, Parametric oscillators and amplifiers, Lasers, solid state, Air pollution monitoring.
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Optics Express
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12
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4
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551 - 556
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Optical Society of America
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1094-4087
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English
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  abstract     = {{A newly developed optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system has been applied to the monitoring of atomic mercury emissions at several chlor-alkali plants in Europe. The versatility of the system is illustrated by measured time series of mercury flux and movies of vertical and horizontal concentration distributions, which yield important input parameters for the environmental community. Long term measurements of the resonance absorption of mercury at 253.65 nm poses special demands, i.e. long term stability, on the light source that often have been hard to fulfill, in different respects, for standard OPO and dye laser based systems. Here, approaches to meet these demands are presented.}},
  author       = {{Sjöholm, Mikael and Weibring, Petter and Edner, Hans and Svanberg, Sune}},
  issn         = {{1094-4087}},
  keywords     = {{Air pollution monitoring; differential absorption
lidar; Spectroscopy; atomic; Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; Lasers; solid state; Air pollution
monitoring.}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{551--556}},
  publisher    = {{Optical Society of America}},
  series       = {{Optics Express}},
  title        = {{Atomic mercury flux monitoring using an optical parametric oscillator based lidar system}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4521214/2370778.pdf}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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