COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM BASED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND AMPLIFIER

René Skov Hansen (Inventor), Christian Pedersen (Inventor)

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    Abstract

    The present invention relates to a compact, reliable and low-cost coherent LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) system for remote wind-speed determination, determination of particle concentration, and/or temperature based on an all semiconductor light source and related methods. The present invention provides a coherent LIDAR system comprising a semiconductor laser for emission of a measurement beam of electromagnetic radiation directed towards a measurement volume for illumination of particles in the measurement volume, a reference beam generator for generation of a reference beam, a detector for generation of a detector signal by mixing of the reference beam with light emitted from the particles in the measurement volume illuminated by the measurement beam, and a signal processor for generating a velocity signal corresponding to the velocity of the particles based on the detector signal.
    Original languageEnglish
    Patent numberWO2009046717
    Filing date16/04/2009
    Country/TerritoryInternational Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Bibliographical note

    International application published under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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