Video of first DIAL ground-based validation campaign [French]

LEMON partner CNRS produced a video reportage [in French] of the first differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument ground-based validation campaign, performed by LEMON partners in September 2021. The video was published on the French newspaper Le Monde and on CNRS Le Journal. The video highlights the challenges of measuring water vapor isotopic composition, and the …

LEMON Newsletter n°4 / November 2021 released

LEMON is pleased to release the public project Newsletter N°4! In this issue of the Newsletter you will find: Editorial by the Project Coordinator, Myriam Raybaut; Focus on the first differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument ground-based validation campaign, performed by LEMON partners in September 2021; Focus on calculations performed to estimate the LEMON instrument performances …

Towards a spaceborne Lidar frequency reference

This news article aims to provide an update on the radiation tests performed within the LEMON project, as a follow-up of the news article published on the LEMON website on the 18th September 2020. The most susceptible components of the LEMON Frequency Referency UnIT (LEMON Fruit) have been identified and assessed with respect to the …

Status overview of the LEMON instrument manufacturing

This news article aims to provide an update on the work performed within the key project work package focusing on the manufacturing of the DIAL LIDAR instrument, under Fraunhofer ILT leadership. After the successful Optical and Mechanical Readiness Report as an output of the design phase, the LEMON project entered the next stage with the …

The LEMON project at the front stage at the ICSO conference 2021

The LEMON project was well represented at the 13th edition of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), which was held virtually between the 30th March and the 2nd April 2021. The ICSO conference is the world’s largest meeting of experts who are active in all disciplines of optical, optoelectronic and photonic technologies for space …

LEMON peer-reviewed article about LEMON instrument design and its emitter optical design published in the Special Issue of Atmosphere journal

The LEMON consortium is delighted to announce that the peer-reviewed article « High Energy Parametric Laser Source and Frequency-Comb-Based Wavelength Reference for CO2 and Water Vapor DIAL in the 2 µm Region: Design and Pre-Development Experimentations » has been published in Atmosphere journal on 20th March 2021 as part of the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Atmospheric …

LEMON gathers for a virtual Review Meeting

The LEMON consortium gathered for the 2nd Review Meeting on the 20th of January 2021. The meeting was initially planned to take place at the premises of SpaceTech GmbH, in Immenstaad, Germany, on Lake Constance. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, a remote meeting was scheduled instead. The REA Project Officer, Sabri …

LEMON project results presented at the 19th International Conference Laser Optics – ICLO 2020

The LEMON project was particularly well represented at the 19th International Conference Laser Optics – ICLO 2020, which took place between 2 – 6 November 2020 in St-Peterburg, Russia. This biannual conference is a main event in the field of laser physics, optics, and photonics, which attracts more than 1000 attendees from all over the world. To …

LEMON Newsletter n°3 / October 2020 released

The LEMON newsletter n°3 from the LEMON project is now available! This newsletter will present the progress of the project during this last period, with the completion of our instrument mechanical readiness review and the launching of the fabrication for several sub-systems. In addition, the DIAL instrument design is presented. Also, since the European Space …

Radiation tests

The LEMON consortium has conducted the radiation tests for the most critical devices used within the lidar system. For the non-linear Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) crystals and the highly non-linear fibers the post radiation tests have been conducted, too. The results of those have proven that the materials used for the airborne demonstrator are also …