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Heterodyne and Direct Detection Wind Lidar Developed at ONERA

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Space-based Lidar Remote Sensing Techniques and Emerging Technologies (LIDAR 2023)

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In this paper, we present the two wind lidar architectures developed at ONERA: the heterodyne lidar which analyzes the backscattering of particles and the direct detection lidar using a QMZ which analyzes the backscattering of molecules. In both cases, solutions have been developed to be able to embark them on an airplane: fiber laser, robust receiver, robust general architecture. Both technologies could provide interesting comparative measurements for AEOLUS calibration/validation campaigns: the heterodyne configuration allows precise measurements on the lower part of the atmosphere while the QMZ configuration allows reaching up to at an altitude of 20 km. In addition, regarding the developments made for molecular lidar, the UV fiber laser and the monolithic QMZ receiver could be excellent solutions for the next generation of Aeolus to reduce costs, improve data quality and lidar durability.

The project 101101974—UP Wing is supported by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and its members. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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    David Tomline Michel, Béatrice Augère, Thibault Boulant, Nicolas Cézard, Agnès Dolfi-Bouteyre, Anne Durécu, Didier Goular, François Gustave, Anasthase Limery, Laurent Lombard, Christophe Planchat, Jonathan Pouillaude, Pierre Pichon & Matthieu Valla

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    Jean-François Mariscal & Nicolas Rouanet

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Michel, D.T. et al. (2024). Heterodyne and Direct Detection Wind Lidar Developed at ONERA. In: Singh, U.N., Tzeremes, G., Refaat, T.F., Ribes Pleguezuelo, P. (eds) Space-based Lidar Remote Sensing Techniques and Emerging Technologies. LIDAR 2023. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53618-2_20

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