Fiber lasers and amplifiers for space-based science and exploration
Fiber lasers and amplifiers for space-based science and exploration
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用于天基科学和探索的光纤激光器和放大器
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2012
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H. Riris
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A. Yu;M. Krainak;M. Stephen;Jeffrey R. Chen;B. Coyle;K. Numata;J. Camp;J. Abshire;G. Allan;Steven X. Li;H. Riris
我们介绍了高功率光纤激光器和放大器在NASA科学和宇宙飞船应用中的当前和近期用途。光纤激光器和放大器为在探测和科学遥感卫星上部署仪器提供了许多优势。地面和机载系统提供了一条通往空间的进化路径，并提供了一种校准和验证空间系统的手段。NASA的光纤激光仪器包括激光探测仪和激光雷达，用于测量大气中的二氧化碳、氧气、水蒸气和甲烷，以及近红外(NIR)波段的脉冲或伪噪声(PN)码激光测距系统。相关的光纤发射机包括高功率的铒、镱、钕系统和一个光纤激光泵浦的光学参量振荡器。我们讨论了这些系统的最新实验进展，并为正在进行的开发工作提供了仪器原型。
We present current and near-term uses of high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers for NASA science and spacecraft applications. Fiber lasers and amplifiers offer numerous advantages for the deployment of instruments on exploration and science remote sensing satellites. Ground-based and airborne systems provide an evolutionary path to space and a means for calibration and verification of space-borne systems. NASA fiber-laser-based instruments include laser sounders and lidars for measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapor and methane and a pulsed or pseudo-noise (PN) code laser ranging system in the near infrared (NIR) wavelength band. The associated fiber transmitters include high-power erbium, ytterbium, and neodymium systems and a fiber laser pumped optical parametric oscillator. We discuss recent experimental progress on these systems and instrument prototypes for ongoing development efforts.