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Development of a Space-Qualified Pulsed Ultraviolet Laser for the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) on the ExoMars 2020 Rover

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J. Neumann, A. Büttner, M. Ernst, M. Hunnekuhl, R. Kalms, L. Willemsen, P. Weßels, D. Kracht
Development of a Space-Qualified Pulsed Ultraviolet Laser for the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) on the ExoMars 2020 Rover
Laser Congress 2019 (ASSL, LAC, LS&C), OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019) , ATh4A.5 (2019)
Publication type: Journal Article (non-reviewed)
DOI: 10.1364/ASSL.2019.ATh4A.5

Keywords: 

Beam shaping, Fiber lasers, Gas lasers, Ionization spectroscopy, Second harmonic generation, Ultraviolet lasers

Abstract

A space-qualified frequency quadrupled passively Q-switched Nd:Cr:YAG-laser with a pulse energy of 130 µJ at a pulse duration of 1.5 ns and a wavelength of 266 nm is developed for the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer.