Project Title:

Single, Longitudinal-Mode, Alexandrite Lidar Transmitter

08.06-0600
NAS5-30851
Single, Longitudinal-Mode, Alexandrite Lidar
	Transmitter
Light Age, Inc.
	6 Powder Horn Dr.
	Warren, NJ 07060
		Donald F. Heller
(201-563-0600)

Abstract:

	A broadly tunable, narrow-band, frequency-stabilized, pulsed, alexandrite LIDAR
transmitter will be developed for airborne and spaceborne missions. This laser transmitter
will provide near transform-limited output pulses across the 760-to-770 nanometer
spectral region. The approach is based on development of an actively stabilized,
diode-laser, injection-locked, alexandrite ring laser. The Phase I feasibility investigation
includes the design, fabrication, testing, and optimization of a testbed laser prototype.
This effort will resolve the most critical performance issues and will permit the
more extensive development of a LIDAR transmitter meeting all NASA requirements,
including scaling to higher power and pulse energy, in Phase II.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications: Direct commercial applications are possible in
the fields of spectroscopy and photochemistry and in remote sensing. The company
commercializes and markets new laser technologies for scientific and medical applications.