Development of a Space-Qualified Pulsed Ultraviolet Laser for the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) on the ExoMars 2020 Rover
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)
Keywords:
Beam shaping, Fiber lasers, Gas lasers, Ionization spectroscopy, Second harmonic generation, Ultraviolet lasersAbstract
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.