Stabilized lasers for space applications: A high TRL optical cavity reference system

R Pierce; M Stephens; P Kaptchen; J Leitch; D Bender; William Folkner; William Klipstein; Daniel Shaddock; Robert  Spero; R Thompson; N Yu; Michael Watkins

doi:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW3C.3

Stabilized lasers for space applications: A high TRL optical cavity reference system

R Pierce, M Stephens, P Kaptchen, J Leitch, D Bender, William Folkner, William Klipstein, Daniel Shaddock, Robert Spero, R Thompson, N Yu, Michael Watkins

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Abstract

We have developed a laser stabilization system capable of measuring nm-level distance variations between satellites separated on orbit by 250 km. We describe the construction of the reference cavity and show performance results and environmental tests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2012
Place of Publication	San Jose, CA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	(2pp)
Edition	Peer Reviewed
ISBN (Print)	9781557529435
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW3C.3
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2012 - San Jose, CA Duration: 1 Jan 2012 → …

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Conference	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2012
Period	1/01/12 → …
Other	May 6-11 2012

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Pierce, R., Stephens, M., Kaptchen, P., Leitch, J., Bender, D., Folkner, W., Klipstein, W., Shaddock, D., Spero, R., Thompson, R., Yu, N., & Watkins, M. (2012). Stabilized lasers for space applications: A high TRL optical cavity reference system. In CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2012 (Peer Reviewed ed., pp. (2pp)). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW3C.3

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