Centimetre precision eye-safe satellite laser ranging using a Raman-shifted Nd:YAG laser and germanium photon counter

被引：33

作者：

Kunimori, H

Greene, B

Hamal, K

Prochazka, I

机构：

[1] Commun Res Lab, Tokyo, Japan

[2] Electro Opt Syst Pty Ltd, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia

[3] Czech Tech Univ, Prague 11519, Czech Republic

来源：

JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS | 2000年 / 2卷 / 01期

关键词：

laser ranging; eye-safe laser; maximum permissible exposure; picosecond laser; solid state photon counter; atmospheric range correction;

D O I：

10.1088/1464-4258/2/1/301

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Centimetre precision eye-safe satellite laser ranging has been applied, for the first time, to a wide range of satellites using a Raman-shifted picosecond Nd:YAG laser operating at 1543 nm and a germanium photon-counting detector. The ranging has been accomplished for retro-reflector equipped satellites up to a distance of 30 000 km. The experiment paves the way for the deployment of eye-safe lasers in space applications.

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