On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions

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  • Yichao Yang
  • Kohei Yamamoto
  • Miguel Dovale Álvarez
  • Daikang Wei
  • Juan José Esteban Delgado
  • Jianjun Jia
  • Gerhard Heinzel
  • Vitali Müller

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Externe Organisationen

  • CAS - Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics
  • Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer2070
FachzeitschriftSensors
Jahrgang22
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 7 März 2022

Abstract

The laser ranging interferometer onboard the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission proved the feasibility of an interferometric sensor for inter-satellite length tracking with sub-nanometer precision, establishing an important milestone for space laser interferometry and the general expectation that future gravity missions will employ heterodyne laser interferometry for satellite-to-satellite ranging. In this paper, we present the design of an on-axis optical bench for next-generation laser ranging which enhances the received optical power and the transmit beam divergence, enabling longer interferometer arms and relaxing the optical power requirement of the laser assembly. All design functionalities and requirements are verified by means of computer simulations. A thermal analysis is carried out to investigate the robustness of the proposed optical bench to the temperature fluctuations found in orbit.

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On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions. / Yang, Yichao; Yamamoto, Kohei; Dovale Álvarez, Miguel et al.
in: Sensors, Jahrgang 22, Nr. 5, 2070, 07.03.2022.

Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Forschung › Peer-Review

Yang, Y, Yamamoto, K, Dovale Álvarez, M, Wei, D, Esteban Delgado, JJ, Jia, J, Heinzel, G & Müller, V 2022, 'On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions', Sensors, Jg. 22, Nr. 5, 2070. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22052070
Yang, Y., Yamamoto, K., Dovale Álvarez, M., Wei, D., Esteban Delgado, J. J., Jia, J., Heinzel, G., & Müller, V. (2022). On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions. Sensors, 22(5), Artikel 2070. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22052070
Yang Y, Yamamoto K, Dovale Álvarez M, Wei D, Esteban Delgado JJ, Jia J et al. On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions. Sensors. 2022 Mär 7;22(5):2070. doi: 10.3390/s22052070
Yang, Yichao ; Yamamoto, Kohei ; Dovale Álvarez, Miguel et al. / On-Axis Optical Bench for Laser Ranging Instruments in Future Gravity Missions. in: Sensors. 2022 ; Jahrgang 22, Nr. 5.
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