Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Arunkumar, K. A..
A folded cavity laser resonator operating in the TEM(00) mode has been built and tested. The new oscillator configuration leads to an increase in efficiency and to better line narrowing due to the increased number of passes through the laser rod and tuning elements, respectively. The modification is shown to lead to cavity ruggedization.
NASA's lidar in Space Technology Experiment (LITE) is a multimission Space Transportation System (STS) program to evaluate the capability of a lidar experiment to measure aerosols and other atmospheric parameters from a space platform. The measurements will be made at three wavelengths (1.06, 0.532 and 0.355 microns). This paper presents the results to date of the program to produce the space-qualified laser transmitter module (LTM) for this mission.