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Paul Stysley

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NASA NTRS2021

Orbiting and In-Situ Lidars for Earth and Planetary Applications

At NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), we have been developing spaceborne lidar instruments for space sciences. We have successfully flown several missions in the past based on mature diode pumped solid-state laser transmitters. In recent years we have been developing advanced laser technologies for applications such as laser spectroscopy, laser communications, and interferometry. In this paper, we will discuss recent experimental progress on these systems and instrument prototypes for ongoing development efforts.

Anthony W. Yu↗

NASA NTRS2020

Orbiting and In-Situ Lidars for Earth and Planetary Applications

At NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), we have been developing spaceborne lidar instruments for Earth and planetary sciences. We have successfully flown a several missions in the past based on mature diode pumped solid-state laser transmitters. In recent years we have been developing advanced laser technologies for applications such as laser spectroscopy, laser communications, and interferometry. In this paper, we will discuss recent experimental progress on these systems and instrument prototypes for ongoing development efforts.

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Orbiting and In-Situ Lidars for Earth and Planetary Applications

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Anthony W Yu↗

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Ten Billion Shot Update of NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Laser Transmitters Systems

The Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation employs three laser systems delivered by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We report on the status of these systems after over 2 years and 10 billion shots in orbit.

Paul Stysley↗

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Dragonfly mass spectrometer titan environment optical damage testing

The Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) being developed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will use a solid-state 266-nm pulsed Nd:YAG laser perform compositional analysis on the surface of Titan. Due to the high fluence of the focused pulse energy on the laser’s beam steering unit (BSU) and the mass spectrometer window, the damage threshold of these optics in a Titan atmosphere needed to be characterized. This paper details the test setup and the successful demonstration of testing the highest fluence optics for the expected mission duration of 2 million laser pulses in a Titan-relevant atmosphere.

Matt Mullin↗