• DocumentCode
    546961
  • Title

    Lifetest of the High Output Maximum Efficiency Resonator (HOMER) laser for the SAFFIRE instrument on NASA´s DESDynI project

  • Author

    Stysley, Paul R. ; Coyle, D. Barry ; Kay, Richard B. ; Frederickson, Robert ; Poulios, Demetrios ; Blair, Bryan ; Scott, Stan ; Arnold, Ed

  • Author_Institution
    Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We update the status of a diode-pumped, Nd:YAG oscillator that is the prototype laser for NASA´s DESDynl mission. After completing TRL-6 testing, this laser has fired over 5.5 billion shots in lifetesting.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; DESDynI Project; HOMER laser; NASA; Nd:YAG oscillator; SAFFIRE instrument; TRL-6 testing; YAG:Nd; diode-pumped; high output maximum efficiency resonator; prototype laser; Instruments; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Semiconductor lasers; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951187
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=546961