J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 98-102.

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Study and simulation of frequency discriminator for Doppler wind lidar based on fringe imaging Mach-Zehnder

Wang Li, Tan Linqiu, Li Shichun, Di Huige, Wang Yufeng,Hua Dengxin   

  1. School of mechanical and precision instrument engineering of Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
  • Published:2013-01-28 Online:2013-01-11

Abstract:

Doppler lidar has been widely used for wind measurement. Compared with Fabry-Perot(F-P) interferometer and Fizeau interferometer, Mach-Zehnder(M-Z) interferometer have the advantages of high transmittance, wide spectral range ,wide field of view and producing linear fringe. It can realize wide wind range detection and make up smaller detection range and nolinear detection sensitivity of present technology. Wind measurement theory based on fringe imaging M-Z interferometer is analyzed. The parameters of interferometer system are optimized and then the system is designed by using a numerical simulation. The simulation results show that the wind velocity retrieved is agree with theoretical wind velocity.

Key words: lidar, wind measurement, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, fringe imaging, retrieve wind velocity