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Drone Based Fluorescence LIDAR for Agriculture Fields in Situ Diagnostics

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Ultracompact (~300 g) fluorescence LIDAR is developed to be installed on a small drone for remote sensing of agricultural fields. The LIDAR is based on a diode laser (405 nm, 150 mW) and a mini spectrometer allows reducing the device sizes and power consumptions for its placing on small aircraft drones. For field testing, the LIDAR was placed on a quadcopter for remote sensing of plants in maize field. Field testes proved the feasibility and perspectives of autonomous LIDAR sensing from drones for early detection and field locations with plants under stress.

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This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, grant no. 075-15-2022-315 for the development and advancement of world-level scientific centers “Photonics Center.”

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  1. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. N. Lednev, M. Ya. Grishin, P. A. Sdvizhenskii, V. A. Zavozin, A. F. Bunkin & S. M. Pershin

  2. Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 109428, Moscow, Russia

    R. K. Kurbanov & M. A. Litvinov

  3. Center “Nanophotonics,” Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    O. N. Tretinnikov

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Lednev, V.N., Grishin, M.Y., Sdvizhenskii, P.A. et al. Drone Based Fluorescence LIDAR for Agriculture Fields in Situ Diagnostics. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 50, 103–107 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335623030065

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