DocumentCode
688551
Title
Structural thermal optical (STOP) analysis of the space-qualified laser transmitter for the ICESat-2 mission
Author
Sawruk, Nicholas ; Albert, M. ; Litvinovitch, Slava ; Culpepper, Charles ; Hovis, Floyd
Author_Institution
Fibertek, Inc., Herndon, VA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The successful completion of environmental testing of a space-qualified laser transmitter was enabled by a detailed and validated structural thermal optical analysis of the system. The modeling approach, predications and experimental results are presented.
Keywords
aerospace instrumentation; altimeters; environmental testing; finite element analysis; laser beam applications; optical testing; optical transmitters; ray tracing; solid lasers; thermal lensing; ATLAS; Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System; FEA model; ICESat-2 mission; STOP; environmental testing; finite element analysis; optical ray-trace model; space-qualified laser transmitter; structural thermal optical analysis; thermal lensing model; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Load modeling; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Solid modeling; Thermal lensing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6832925
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