Using paraxial approximation to describe the optical setup of a typical EARLINET lidar system

Kokkalis, Panagiotis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3103-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3103-2017

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EARLINET, the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3103-2017

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Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

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25 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 25 Aug 2017

Using paraxial approximation to describe the optical setup of a typical EARLINET lidar system

Panagiotis Kokkalis

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RC1: 'Detailed review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer #2', P. KOKKALIS, 26 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Note to detailed review', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer #1', P. KOKKALIS, 26 Oct 2016

Short summary

The mathematical formulation for the optical setup of a typical EARLINET lidar system is given here. The equations describing a lidar system from the emitted laser beam to the projection of the telescope aperture on the final receiving unit (i.e., photomultiplier or photodiode) are presented, based on paraxial approximation and a geometric optics approach. The evaluation of the formulation is performed with ray-tracing simulations on a real system.