TUNABLE DIODE-LASER IR SPECTROMETER FOR INSITU MEASUREMENTS OF THE GAS-PHASE COMPOSITION AND PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF TITANS ATMOSPHERE

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作者
WEBSTER, CR
SANDER, SP
BEER, R
MAY, RD
KNOLLENBERG, RG
HUNTEN, DM
BALLARD, J
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT PLANETARY SCI,TUCSON,AZ 85716
[2] PARTICLE MEASURING SYST INC,BOULDER,CO 80301
[3] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 07期
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10.1364/AO.29.000907
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A new instrument, the Probe Infrared Laser Spectrometer (PIRLS), is described for in situ sensing of the gas composition and particle size distribution of Titan’s atmosphere on the NASA/ESA Saturn OrbiterATitan Probe Cassini Mission. For gas composition measurements, several narrow bandwidth (0.0001 cm-2) tunable lead-salt diode lasers operating near 80 K at selected, mid-IR wavelengths (3-16 μm) are directed over a pathlength defined by a small reflector extending over the edge of the probe spacecraft platform; volvune mixing ratios of 10-2 should be measurable for several species of interest. A cloud particle size spectrometer using a diode laser source at 0.78 μm shares the optical path and deployed reflector; a combination of imaging and light scattering techniques will be used to determine sizes of haze and cloud particles and their number density as a function of altitude. Key words: Tunable diode laser; infrared laser spectrometer; Titan; insitu high resolution laser spectroscopy. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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页码:907 / 917
页数:11
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