Laser transmitter design and performance for the slope imaging multi-polarization photon-counting lidar (SIMPL) instrument

Anthony W. Yu; David J. Harding; Philip W. Dabney

doi:10.1117/12.2213005

16 March 2016 Laser transmitter design and performance for the slope imaging multi-polarization photon-counting lidar (SIMPL) instrument

Anthony W. Yu, David J. Harding, Philip W. Dabney

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Proceedings Volume 9726, Solid State Lasers XXV: Technology and Devices; 97260J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213005
Event: SPIE LASE, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar (SIMPL) is a polarimetric, two-color, multi-beam push broom laser altimeter developed through the NASA Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program. It has flown successfully on multiple airborne platforms beginning in 2008.¹ It was developed to demonstrate new altimetry capabilities that combine height measurements and information about surface composition and properties. In this talk we will discuss the laser transmitter design and performance and present recent science data collected over the Greenland ice sheet and arctic sea ice in support of the second NASA Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-2) mission to be launched in 2017.²

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Anthony W. Yu, David J. Harding, and Philip W. Dabney "Laser transmitter design and performance for the slope imaging multi-polarization photon-counting lidar (SIMPL) instrument", Proc. SPIE 9726, Solid State Lasers XXV: Technology and Devices, 97260J (16 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213005

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