학술논문

Lidar measurement of clouds profile with a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector
Document Type
Conference
Source
2021 IEEE 14th Workshop on Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE) Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE), 2021 IEEE 14th Workshop on. :1-4 Apr, 2021
Subject
Aerospace
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Temperature measurement
Laser radar
Atmospheric measurements
Wavelength measurement
Clouds
Detectors
Optical variables measurement
Lidar
SNSPD
aerosols
atmosphere
clouds
superconductivity
infrared detectors
Language
Abstract
In this work the results of two Lidar measurements in the infrared range with a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD) are presented. In the first measurement, performed at the wavelength of 1550 nm, we determined the distance of two hard targets. This result was used to calibrate the experimental setup and to test the readout electronics. Then, we combined the SNSPD with the Lidar setup MALIA (Multiwavelength Lidar Apparatus) to measure the atmospheric aerosol profile at 1064 nm during a cloudy day. For the last measurement the backscattering coefficient was also calculated.