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Fabry-Perot Based Ranging Interferometer Receiver for High Spectral Resolution Lidar, Phase II
Completed
TRL 3 (started at 3, targeting 5)
Description
Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) is pleased to present the following Phase II proposal for a Fabry-Perot Based Interferometer Receiver for the High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) System. Under the Phase I work, MAC successfully developed instrument models and created a conceptual design for an aircraft-qualified receiver that can be used with the current HSRL collection optics.
Benefits
This research is directly applicable to the highly-modular HSRL system at NASA Langley Research Center. Subsequent development of this work will result in a system that can validate and extend the current HSRL system. A 532nm implementation of this work will allow cross-validation of the HSRL and PET techniques, as well as add extended capability for temperature, density, pressure and line-of-sight (vertical) wind velocity estimation. The atmospheric measurement capabilities made possible through this research aids in military areas such as atmospheric mitigation for snipers, long-range gunnery and precision landing zones for manned and unmanned aircraft as well as meteorological monitoring to assist in Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) threat analysis and tracking. Non-military applications include clear-air turbulence sensing for commercial aircraft, meteorological monitoring of tropospheric and upper-atmosphere winds, and site selection and improved efficiency for wind farms.
Details
| Technology area | Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Lasers |
| Program | Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR) |
| Lead organization | Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA |
| Start date | 2009-03-03 |
| End date | 2013-08-31 |
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