High-power laser diode arrays (LDAs) are used for a variety of space-based remote sensor laser programs as an energy source for diode-pumped solid-state lasers. LDAs have been flown on NASA missions including MOLA, GLAS and MLA and have continued to be viewed as an important part of the laser-based instrument component suite. There are currently no military or NASA-grade, -specified, or - qualified LDAs available for "off-the-shelf" use by NASA programs. There has also been no prior attempt to define a standard screening and qualification test flow for LDAs for space applications. Initial reliability studies have also produced good results from an optical performance and stability standpoint. Usage experience has shown, howeve that the current designs being offered may be susceptible to catastrophic failures due to their physical construction (packaging) combined with the electro-optical operational modes and the environmental factors of space application. design combined with operational mode was at the root of the failures which have greatly reduced the functionality of the GLAS instrument. The continued need for LDAs for laser-based science instruments and past catastrophic failures of this part type demand examination of LDAs in a manner which enables NASA to select, buy, validate and apply them in a manner which poses as little risk to the success of the mission as possible.


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    Titel :

    High Power Laser Diode Array Qualification and Guidelines for Space Flight Environments


    Beteiligte:
    Ott, Melanie N. (Autor:in) / Eegholm, Niels (Autor:in) / Stephen, Mark (Autor:in) / Leidecker, Henning (Autor:in) / Plante, Jeannette (Autor:in) / Meadows, Byron (Autor:in) / Amzajerdian, Farzin (Autor:in) / Jamison, Tracee (Autor:in) / LaRocca, Frank (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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