High-power multi-beam diode laser transmitter for a flash imaging lidar

Christer Holmlund; Petteri Aitta; Sini Kivi; Risto Mitikka; Lauri Tyni; Veli Heikkinen

doi:10.1117/12.2028520

15 October 2013 High-power multi-beam diode laser transmitter for a flash imaging lidar

Christer Holmlund, Petteri Aitta, Sini Kivi, Risto Mitikka, Lauri Tyni, Veli Heikkinen

Proceedings Volume 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing; 88970P (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028520
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing the transmitter for the “Flash Optical Sensor for TErrain Relative NAVigation” (FOSTERNAV) multi-beam flash imaging lidar. FOSTERNAV is a concept demonstrator for new guidance, navigation and control (GNC) technologies to fulfil the requirements for landing and docking of spacecraft as well as for navigation of rovers. This paper presents the design, realisation and testing of the multi-beam continuous-wave (CW) laser transmitter to be used in a 256x256 pixel flash imaging lidar. Depending on the target distance, the lidar has three operation modes using either several beams with low divergence or one single beam with a large divergence. This paper describes the transmitter part of the flash imaging lidar with focus on the electronics and especially the laser diode drivers. The transmitter contains eight fibre coupled commercial diode laser modules with a total peak optical power of 32 W at 808 nm. The main requirement for the laser diode drivers was linear modulation up to a frequency of 20 MHz allowing, for example, low distortion chirps or pseudorandom binary sequences. The laser modules contain the laser diode, a monitoring photodiode, a thermo-electric cooler, and a thermistor. The modules, designed for non-modulated and low-frequency operation, set challenging demands on the design of the drivers. Measurement results are presented on frequency response, and eye diagrams for pseudo-random binary sequences.

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Christer Holmlund, Petteri Aitta, Sini Kivi, Risto Mitikka, Lauri Tyni, and Veli Heikkinen "High-power multi-beam diode laser transmitter for a flash imaging lidar", Proc. SPIE 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing, 88970P (15 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028520

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Semiconductor lasers

Transmitters

LIDAR

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