ILSC 2009 Paper #C102 (Laser Uplink Safety for Future NASA High-bandwidth Spacecraft Communications)
Laser Uplink Safety for Future NASA High-bandwidth Spacecraft Communications
Authors:
Keith Wilson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena CA USA
Presented at ILSC 2009
JPL has been continually developing optical communications technologies to support future highbandwidth communications from NASAs deep space probes. Optical communications at ranges out to Jupiter will use a laser uplink that will serve as both an uplink command link and a beacon to identify the location of the downlink receiver. Uplink laser beams are at near-infrared wavelengths, and the command data rates are megabits/sec with laser beam powers of kilowatts to mitigate the beam spreading effects of the atmosphere. This paper ...$28.00
ILSC 2009 Paper #C103 (Laser Safety Management for the ORION High Intensity Laser Facility)
Laser Safety Management for the ORION High Intensity Laser Facility
Authors:
Graham White, Awe; Reading Great Britain
Steve Melton, AWE; Reading Great Britain
Presented at ILSC 2009
This paper describes the continuing development of safety arrangements for Project ORION. ORION is a high intensity MOPA configuration Nd doped glass laser facility for plasma physics research, currently in construction at AWE in the UK. In a four storey building measuring some 100m long by 60m wide by 30m high, the facility includes 10 long-pulse beams of 300mm aperture delivering 5kJ in 1ns at 351nm to target and 2 short-pulse beams of 600mm aperture utilising CPA to deliver 1PW each at ...$28.00
ILSC 2009 Proceedings Soft Bound Book
The 2009 International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC) Proceedings and Program covers the comprehensive four-day conference on all aspects of laser safety practice and hazard control. All Technical sessions and workshops that addressed developments in regulatory, mandatory and voluntary safety standards for laser products and for laser use are included.
$25.00
Member Pricing: $20.00