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A Multi-Functional Fiber Laser Lidar for
Earth Science & Exploration
NASA Grant No. IIP-04-0055From the MFLL Team:
Michael Dobbs, William Krabill, Mike Cisewski, F. WallaceHarrison, C. K. Shum, Doug McGregor, Mark Neal,Sheldon Stokes
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Contents
• Mission Overview
– Team
– Instrument Description
– Implementation Requirements
• Instrument Architecture
– Block Diagram
– Optical Transceiver Head
– Receiver Electronics
– Active Transceiver Hardware
– Geolocation Subsystem
• Test Campaigns
– ITT Lidar Test Range
– Dynamic Aviation Flights
• Technology InfusionOpportunities
– Technology Readiness Level
– Mission Infusion Opportunities
– New Sources
– New Detectors
• MFLL Thanks
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The Project Team – Year 3
ITT Space Systems
Michael Braun, Michael Dobbs, Steve Horney, Douglas McGregor,
Brad Musick, Mark Neal, Jim Ogle, Jay Overbeck
NASA Wallops
William Krabill
NASA Langley Research Center
Mike Cisewski
NASA AMES
Rose Dominguez
Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences & Byrd PolarResearch Center
CK Shum
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MFLL – A Robust Multi-pixel Mapping Instrument
• Primarily for topographical mappingof ice sheets, can be used oroptimized for many other surfacesand aerosols
• Forgoes scanning, using a DOEtransmitter, fiber focal plane
• Transmits PN encoded signal,Decodes ranges with convolution
• Amplified by mature CW YtterbiumFiber Amplifier technology - 500,000hour MTBF
• Passive optical head can bepositioned many meters away fromactive components – tethered byoptical fiber
• Single pixel flight in 2006, Nine pixelgeolocated flight in 2008, manyfuture opportunities for infusion
Noisy Reflection
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Ice Sheet Mapping – Requirements and Goals
•MFLL Cardinal Rules for
High Reliability
–No mechanical scanner
–Use Telecomm CW High
TRL optical chain
–Build for Modularity
UAV
POD
100 lbs
~100
20msec
0. 3nm
1500 – 7500m (TBR)
854, 1064, 1550nm
2 in
<2 meter
10% Slope
125 m/sec
~7000m
± 15º
2 m
10cm
Medium Altitude
Airborne (Goal)
P3 (or other)Platform
9# of pixels
20msecSample Time
Single Rack
< 300lbs
Payload
mass/volume/power
0.5nm (3nm demo)Bandpass
100m (1024m demo)Unambiguous Range
1064nmWavelengths
2 inAperture
<2 meterGeo-Location Accuracy
10% SlopeMax Rate of elevation
Change
75 m/sec (125 demo)Platform Velocity
500 m (2000m demo)Operational Altitude
± 0.61ºSystem FOV
2 mGSD
10cmRange Precision
Low Altitude Airborne
(Threshold)
Requirement
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INSTRUMENT ARCHITECTURE
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Top Level Block Diagram
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Optical Transceiver Head
DOE
Tessera Diffractive Optic
and Laser Output
Fiberguide Array
for Focal Plane
Complete Optical Head
Fiberguide and Tessera components built to perfect spec – drop in solutions
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Receiver Electronics
Fully assembled detector box with
Perkin Elmer SPCM modules
SensL HRMTime module –
tallies time-histograms of photon returns
Time-sync card – used to send identical
synchronization pulse for histogram loop to
all 10 channels
Perkin Elmer SPCM
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Active Transceiver Hardware
285 lbs, 24” x 24” x 30” plus additional room for cabling
Tethered to transceiver head only by optical fiber
Top to Bottom: KVM, Seed Laser, YAM Head, YAM Amplifier, Detector/Timing Box,
Blade Computers, Server
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Geolocation Subsystem
Inertial
Navigation
System
GPS
IMU
Applanax
POSAV
RT Solution
Algorithm
Data
Logger
@200Hz
Host
MFLL
( BNC)
Detector
OMNI Star
Telemetry Card
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Eth
ern
et
Time Nav
SBET
S er ial
(USB)
TTL Fan -out
HRM-Time
HRM-Time
HRM-Time
HRM-Time
TTL Sync
Pulse
( ECL )
Real T ime Nav. Msg.
Navigati on Data ( BNC)
TTL Stop
Pulse
GPS Tim e Card1 /N
1/ 2N
CTR1 Out
CTR0 Out
Sync
Time Histogram
LidarTime Event
Events
Events Logged +/- 1millisecond
GPS Time / Position +/- 1 millisecond
Ashtech Z12
Applanix POSAV
Double Buffering
Control
Timing from the PN card controls both GPS logging and data
collection.
Both real-time GPS solutions and hard data are recorded for post
processing.
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TEST CAMPAIGNS
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ITT LIDAR Test Range: Integration and Alignment
Laser Spot @ 680m
Fully Assembled Rack and Transciever Head
•Facility provides well-equipped, safe environment
for LIDAR field testing
•Supports Cactus, Rattler, MWIR Digital, and
ASCENDS, and ICE programs
•Telescope Bore sighting and performance profiling
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ITT LIDAR Test Range: Moving Target
• Target was stepped during continuous data collect to
demonstrate instrument range sensitivity
– Measured data and truth data match to within ~1cm
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Range Resolution vs Detector Counts - Daylight Farm Data Collect - 680m to Target
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Counts
me
ters
field data modeled data
Bit Rate - 312.5 MHz
MCA Bin Size - 0.8 nsec
127-bit Code
Dark Counts ~ 150Hz
Farm Data and Model Comparison
Good Agreement Between Data and Model
in the Presence of Solar Background
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MFLL Installed in B90 Aircraft
MFLL
Avionics
&
GPS
Rcvr’s
Applanix
POS-AV
Display
IMU
Laser Tx
Optics
Rx Optics
MFLL
Optical Head
over Camera Port
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Shenandoah Airport
•Well-surveyed
runway for bias-
angle calibration
•First Pass
Validation
•Data presented at
1/5 horizontal data
rate in Google
Earth
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Wallops Island
•Ocean tracks for further bias-angle calibration
•Land tracks previously surveyed by William Krabill
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Smith Mountain Lake
•Demonstration for hydrology missions
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Fun Shots:
• Right: Chicken Coop Rooflines
show geolocation agreement
• Below: Hill cross-sections with
and without Google DEM
demonstrate visualization
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Technology Infusion Opportunities
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Technology Readiness Level
• Instrument System
– End-End PN Altimeter System became TRL 6 upon completion of May
flight campaign
– PN Laser Ranger (Altimeter without Geolocation) was TRL 6 in June 2007.
• Transmitter
– Transmitter Components such as DFB Seed Laser, Modulators and Fiber
Amplifier are TRL 6 per NEPP
– Prior work by ITT in 2001 qualified DFB and Fiber Amplifiers.
– On-going work in 2007 and 2008 by LaRC and ITT provide additional
qualification data
• Receiver
– The Perkin Elmer Detector is TRL 7+ per deployment on GLAS
– PN Range Signal processing is TRL 8 per deployment on GPS
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Mission Infusion Opportunities
• Missions in need of few pixels, and what MFLL can add:
– ASCENDS – aerosol profiling, CO2 LIDAR
– ICESatII – 4 pixel bias angle correction
– ACE – Low resolution aerosol profiling
• Missions in need of 3-D topographic imaging
– ALHAT – terrain correlation and obstacle avoidance on regolith
– ALIST – 5m terrain accuracy
– DESDynI – 25m terrain accuracy
– ClimateHawk – UAV platform with many environmental sensors
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New Sources
• Aculight Micropulse Lasers, 1550
and 1100nm
• QPC high-power pump diodes, 792-
1550nm solutions
• Difference Frequency Generation in
Photonic Crystals for MWIR, 2-3um
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New Detectors
• Required: Large pixel areas for
high sensitivity and telescope
coupling
• SensL - new high efficiency
arrays for visible wavelengths
• Hamamatsu - new high efficiency
SWIR arrays good to 1100nm
• Hamamatsu – new PMT for
1550nm
• Intevac – new intensified
photodiode, models for 800,
1100, 1500nm
Hamamatsu S8550
32 element Si APD
Array
SensL DigitalAPD
256x16 Si APD
Array
Intevac IPD
Hamamatsu
H10330-75 PMT
Module
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MFLL Thanks You!
• For their geolocation expertise and hardware:
– NASA AMES - Robert Billings, Rose Domiguez
– NASA Wallops - William Krabill, Earl Fredrick, John Sonntag
• The can-do aircraft team at Dynamic Aviation:
– Steve Scates, Laura Laster, Philip Burke and pilots Steve Durkley
and Jessica Jackson
• And NASA ESTO for this opportunity – Janice Buckner
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MFLL – A Robust Multi-pixel Mapping Instrument
• Primarily for topographical mappingof ice sheets, can be used oroptimized for many other surfacesand aerosols
• Forgoes scanning, using a DOEtransmitter, fiber focal plane
• Transmits PN encoded signal,Decodes ranges with convolution
• Amplified by mature CW YtterbiumFiber Amplifier technology - 500,000hour MTBF
• Passive optical head can bepositioned many meters away fromactive components – tethered byoptical fiber
• Single pixel flight in 2006, Nine pixelgeolocated flight in 2008, manyfuture opportunities for infusion
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