• DocumentCode
    3000508
  • Title

    Development and Vacuum Life Test of a Diode-Pumped Cr:Nd:YAG Laser (Heritage Laser) for Space Applications

  • Author

    Seas, Antonios ; Li, Steve ; Stephen, Mark ; Novo-Gradac, Anne-Marie D. ; Kashem, Nasir ; Vasilyev, Aleksey ; Troupaki, Elisavet ; Chen, Songsheng ; Rosanova, Alberto

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The development and vacuum life-testing of a diode pumped Cr:Nd:YAG laser for space applications is presented. Furthermore results from long life-testing of 808-nm laser diode arrays in air and vacuum are discussed.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; chromium; life testing; neodymium; optical pumping; optical testing; semiconductor laser arrays; solid lasers; vacuum techniques; YAG:Cr,Nd; diode-pumped solid laser; heritage laser; laser diode arrays; space applications; vacuum life test; wavelength 808 nm; Degradation; Diode lasers; Laser applications; Laser modes; Laser theory; Life testing; Linear discriminant analysis; Optical retarders; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452342
  • Filename
    4452342