2nd ESA-NASA Working Meeting on Optoelectronics:

Qualification of Technologies and Lessons Learned from Satellite LIDAR and Altimeter Missions

21st and 22nd of June, 2006
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

• Introduction
• list of participants

Space Flight experience

• Space Flight Laser Lessons Learned D. Barry Coyle, NASA GSFC
• LIDAR in the Hayabusa Mission T. Mizuno, ISAS/JAXA

LIDAR Systems

• Sub-system and System Level Testing and Calibration of Space Altimeters and LIDARS Haris Riris, NASA GSFC
• CO2 LIDAR Haris Riris, NASA GSFC

Instrument and Laser design

• The AEOLUS Mission Martin Endemann, ESA
• ALADIN Engineering Didier Morancais, ASTRIUM-Toulouse
• Transmitter Laser Design for ALADIN Martin Endemann/Alberto Cosentino, Galileo Avionica, Rome
• Passively Q-switched Nd-YAG laser for Spaceborne Altimetry Bepi Colombo (Mercury) Laser Altimeter J. Neumann, Laser Zentrum Hannover
• 100mJ,1Hz Nd:YAG laser using laser altimeter (LALT) for SELENE lunar orbiter Teiji Kase, NEC Corporation
• The 24 million Kms Optical Link with the Mercury Laser Altimeter D. Barry Coyle. NASA/GSFC

Contamination & Laser Induce Damage Issues

• Work on Coatings Wolfgang Riede, DLR
• Aromatic hydrocarbons, light, the laser environment and broken glass: A proposed mechanism John S. Canham, NASA GSFC/ Swales Aerospace
• Contamination effects on lasers Y.Lien, E. Reinhold, ESA-Optoelectronics
• Property Variations of Laser Components under Vaccum Conditions concerning Spectral Shift and LIDT M. Jupe, Lazer Zentrum Hannover
• Laser Induced damage to the laser optics E. Reinhold, Y. Lien, ESA-Optoelectronics

Laser diodes

• Results of the Laser Diode Assessment program Y. Durand, ESA-Earth Observation
• 808 nm High Power Diode Lasers for Long Term Stable Pump Modules G. Erbet, FBH Berlin
• New Laser Stack Generation with FAC for Applications in Space E. Deichsel, Jenoptik Laserdiode GmbH
• Qualification, Performance Testing and Characterization of Quasi-CW Laser Diode Arrays Mark Stephen, NASA GSFC
• Lifetime Testing of Laser Diode Arrays Byron Meadows, NASA/Langley
• QCW Stacked Arrays: new performances and reliability Andreas Kohl, Nuvonyx Europe
• Space Qualification of Laser Diodes Stephanie Minec-Dube, EADS-SODERN
• Space Qualification of High Efficiency Laser Diodes Duane Smith, Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies
• Truly hermetically sealed lasers for reliable long term space operation Thomas Schwander, Tesat-Spacecom
• Light-weight, fibre coupled QCW diode laser pump module for the BepiColombo laser altimeter M.Haag, DILAS
• QCW-diode stacks with improved efficiency for space applications T.Mattern, DILAS

Fiber Devices Qualification

• Space Flight Requirements for Fiber Optic Components; Qualification Testing and Lessons Learned Melanie Ott, NASA GSFC
• Fiber amplifier components space flight qualification study Lee Theniel / Suzzanne Falvey, J&T Northrup Grumman

Qualification Tests and Test procedures

• Qualification and Integration of the Laser Transmitter for the CALIPSO Aerosol Lidar Mission Floyd Hovis, Fibertek