The YAG Lidar System Applied in LHAASO
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Issued Date
2022-03-18
Resource Type
eISSN
18248039
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85144124340
Journal Title
Proceedings of Science
Volume
395
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Proceedings of Science Vol.395 (2022)
Suggested Citation
Sun Q.N. The YAG Lidar System Applied in LHAASO. Proceedings of Science Vol.395 (2022). Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/86577
Title
The YAG Lidar System Applied in LHAASO
Author(s)
Author's Affiliation
State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection & Electronics
Nanjing University
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shandong University
Wuhan University
Yunnan University
Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangzhou University
Tsinghua University
Sun Yat-Sen University
University of Science and Technology of China
Zhengzhou University
Institiúid Ard-Lénn Bhaile Átha Cliath
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Sichuan University
National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Southwest Jiaotong University
Purple Mountain Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
Université de Genève
Hebei Normal University
Tibet University
TIANFU Cosmic Ray Research Center
Nanjing University
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shandong University
Wuhan University
Yunnan University
Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangzhou University
Tsinghua University
Sun Yat-Sen University
University of Science and Technology of China
Zhengzhou University
Institiúid Ard-Lénn Bhaile Átha Cliath
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Sichuan University
National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Southwest Jiaotong University
Purple Mountain Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
Université de Genève
Hebei Normal University
Tibet University
TIANFU Cosmic Ray Research Center
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
The atmospheric quality plays an important role in the air shower observation by the Wide Field-of-view Cherenkov Telescope Array (WFCTA) of LHAASO. A YAG imaging lidar system was developed to continuously monitor the calorimetric information. The accuracy of atmospheric monitoring is dependent on the pulse energy, the YAG laser’s beam parameters and the angular repeatability of a High-precision 3D lifting Rotating Platform (HiRoP). Therefore, we designed an optical system for this lidar with a beam splitter to divide the laser beam into a reference beam and a calibrating beam with a certain ratio and coupled the beam paths with the movement of HiRoP. Thus, every pulse energy of the calibrating beam, which has the same energy fluctuation with respect to the reference beam recorded by a power meter, could be calculated by the ratio of the two beams. Great cares were also taken to characterize the beam size, polarization and divergence of the laser. Meanwhile, a high-precision home-made thermotank was designed to control the temperature and humidity to improve the performance and stability of our laser system, which resulting in a thermal fluctuation less than 2 ◦C inside the container in the winter at an altitude of 4410 m. As a result, the pulse energy fluctuation of the laser beam for calibration was improved from 5 % to less than 2 %. As a result, we have successfully attained distinguishable full-WFCTA-view scanning Laser images in different air conditions, which could be used for the atmospheric quality analysis in further.