Title :
ALADIN TxA — A spaceborne UV laser
Author :
Endemann, Martin
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Ageny ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
ALADIN TxA is the Transmitter-laser Assembly for the Aeolus wind lidar satellite. It is a frequency tripled, single mode Nd: YAG laser with 50 Hz PRF and a three year lifetime. The design and the development program are presented.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; laser modes; laser tuning; optical radar; solid lasers; ALADIN TxA; Aeolus wind lidar satellite; Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument; YAG:Nd; frequency 50 Hz; frequency tripled single mode laser; spaceborne UV laser; transmitter-laser assembly; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
