Differential Absorption LiDAR for NASA Ozone Mapping

Knowing how much and where ozone is in our atmosphere is important to daily life on Earth. Ozone present in the stratosphere is critical to protecting life from harmful radiation, but ozone in the troposphere is detrimental. NASA has created a network specifically tasked with measuring and mapping the ozone in the troposphere. This will allow researchers to analyze potential dangers with ozone levels and propose solutions to these problems. Bridger Photonics has developed a Differential Absorption LiDAR (DIAL) system for this network to measure ozone concentrations in an altitude range of 5 - 8 km in a compact, easy-to-use, and commercially available device. With final ultraviolet wavelength energies of 200 μJ (at 1 kHz repetition rate), Bridger Photonics has designed a high power output, low power consumption, and fast repetition rate solution to ozone concentration measurement.