This page will contain information related to the work performed for NASA on lasers and applications for space flight environments.                    

• Proton Radiation Testing of Laser Optical Components for NASA Jupiter Europa Orbiter Mission, Invited paper,  W. Joe Thomes, Jr., John F. Cavanaugh, Melanie N. Ott, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, Nanophotonics and Macrophotonics for Space Environments V, Vol. 8164, Aug 22 2011.

• Fiber Optic Cables for Transmission of High-Power Laser Pulses,  W. Joe Thomes, Jr., Melanie N. Ott, Richard F. Chuska, Robert C. Switzer, Diana E. Blair, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, Nanophotonics and Macrophotonics for Space Environments V, Vol. 8164, Aug 22 2011.

• Investigation of hermetically sealed COTS LiNbO3 Optical Modulator for Use in Laser/Lidar Space Flight Applications, William J. Thomes, Jr., Frank V. LaRocca, Melanie N. Ott, Xiaodan “Linda” Jin, Richard F. Chuska, Shawn L. MacMurphy, Tracee L. Jamison, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, Photonics Technology for Space Environments II, Vol. 6713, Aug 28, 2007

• A Feasible Mechanism of Molecular Contamination Induced Laser Optic Damage, John S. Canham, Ph.D., SPIE 38th Boulder Damage Symposium Vol. 6403, Sept 2006

• High Power Laser Diode Array Qualification and Guidelines for Space Flight Environments 2006
  NASA Parts and Packaging Program, 2006

• The High Output Maximum Efficiency Resonator (HOMER) Development for Long Life, Space-Based Altimetry, D. Barry Coyle, Paul. R. Stysley, IEEE, 2006

• Qualification and Issues with Space Flight Laser Systems and Components, Melanie Ott, Donald Barry Coyle, John Canham, and Henning Leidecker, International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE Vol. 6100 Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, Solid State Lasers XV, Technology and Devices
  January 2006 .

• NASA Electronics Parts & Packaging Program Assurance Research on Optoelectronics, C. Barnes, M. Ott, H. Becker, M. Wright, A. Johnston, C. Marshall, H. Shawn, P. Marshall, K. LaBel, D. Franzen, SPIE Optical Engineering and Instrumentation Conference, Photonics for Space Environments X, Vol. 5897, August 2005.

• Characterization of High-Power Quasi-CW Laser Diode Arrays, Mark A. Stephen, Aleksey Vasilyev, Elisavet Troupaki, Graham R. Allan, Nasir Kashem, SPIE Optical Engineering and Instrumentation, LIDAR Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VI, Vol. 5887, August 2005.

• Space Qualification of Laser Diode Arrays, Elisavet Troupaki, Nasir B. Kashem, Graham R. Allan, Aleksey Vasilyev, Mark Stephen, 18th Annual  Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review, SSDLTR-2005 Technical Digest, June 2005.

• Time-Resolved Optical & Thermal Analyses of High-Power Laser Diode Arrays, Graham R. Allan, Aleksey Vasilyev, Elisavet Troupaki, Nasir Kashem, Mark A. Stephen, 2005 NASA Earth Science Technology Conference for ESTO, NASA GSFC.

• Efficient, Reliable, Long-Lifetime, Diode-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser for Space-Based Vegetation Topographical Altimetry, Donald Barry Coyle, Richard B. Kay, Paul R. Stysley, and Demetrios Poulios, Applied Optics Vol. 43. No 27, September 2004.

• Multi Spectral Lidar, J. Rall, J. Kujawski, M. Obland, M. Ott, SPIE Europe International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Conference on Lidar Technologies, Techniques and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Vol 5984,  September 2005.