• DocumentCode
    2231663
  • Title

    ALADIN TxA — A spaceborne UV laser

  • Author

    Endemann, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Eur. Space Ageny ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950293