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Fiber-based, trace-gas, laser transmitter technology development for space
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Engin, Doruk Allan, Graham Stephen, Mark Hasselbrack, William Storm, Mark Gonzalez, Brayler Wu, Stewart Yu, Anthony Chen, Jeffrey Mathason, Brian Numata, Kenji Nicholson, Jeffrey Han, Lawrence Abshire Sr., James |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | NASAâs Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is working on maturing the technology readiness of a laser transmitter designed for use in atmospheric CO2 remote-sensing. GSFC has been developing an airplane-based CO2 lidar instrument over several years to demonstrate the efficacy of the instrumentation and measurement technique and to link the science models to the instrument performance. The ultimate goal is to make space-based satellite measurements with global coverage. In order to accomplish this, we must demonstrate the technology readiness and performance of the components as well as demonstrate the required power-scaling to make the link with the required signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR). To date, all the instrument components have been shown to have the required performance with the exception of the laser transmitter.In this program we are working on a fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser transmitter architecture where we will develop a ruggedized package and perform the relevant environmental tests to demonstrate TRL-6. In this paper we will review our transmitter architecture and progress on the performance and packaging of the laser transmitter. |
| File Size | 448225 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20160006112 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3dz58241 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Laser Phase Modulation Signal To Noise Ratios Environmental Tests Satellite Observation Pulsed Lasers Remote Sensing Transmitters Power Amplifiers Carbon Dioxide Concentration Technology Assessment Trace Contaminants Laser Applications Optical Radar Fiber Lasers Carbon Dioxide Lasers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
