Developments of Space Debris Laser Ranging Technology Including the Applications of Picosecond Lasers

doi:10.3390/app112110080

	Developments of Space Debris Laser Ranging Technology Including the Applications of Picosecond Lasers
	Zhang, Haifeng 1,2; Long, Mingliang 1; Deng, Huarong 1; Cheng, Shaoyu 1; Wu, Zhibo 1,2; Zhang, Zhongping 1,2,3; Zhang, Ali 4; Sun, Jiantao 4
刊名	APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
	2021-11-01
卷号	11 期号:21 页码:19
关键词	space debris laser ranging single-photon detection picosecond laser pulse-bursts
DOI	10.3390/app112110080
通讯作者	Zhang, Zhongping(zzp@shao.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Debris laser ranging (DLR) is receiving considerable attention as an accurate and effective method of determining and predicting the orbits of space debris. This paper reports some technologies of DLR, such as the high pulse repetition frequency (PRF) laser pulse, large-aperture telescope, telescope array, multi-static stations receiving signals. DLR with a picosecond laser at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory is also presented. A few hundred laps of space debris laser-ranging measurements have been made. A double-pulse picosecond laser with an average power of 4.2 W, a PRF of 1 kHz, and a wavelength of 532 nm has been implemented successfully in DLR, it's the first time that DLR technology has reached a ranging precision at the sub-decimeter level. In addition, the characteristics of the picosecond-pulse-width laser transmission with the advantages of transmission in laser ranging were analyzed. With a mode of the pulse-burst picosecond laser having high average power, the DLR system has tracked small debris with a radar cross-section (RCS) of 0.91 m(2) at a ranging distance up to 1726.8 km, corresponding to an RCS of 0.1 m(2) at a distance of 1000 km. These works are expected to provide new technologies to further improve the performance of DLR.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[12003056] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11903066] ; Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai[20ZR1467500] ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[ZDRW-KT-2019-3-6]
WOS关键词	1 KHZ ; DETECTOR
WOS研究方向	Chemistry ; Engineering ; Materials Science ; Physics
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000718265700001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai ; Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xao.ac.cn/handle/45760611-7/4346]
专题	新疆天文台_光学天文与技术应用研究室
通讯作者	Zhang, Zhongping
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Astron Observ, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Space Object & Debris Observat, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.East China Normal Univ, State Key Lab Precis Spect, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Astron Observ, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Haifeng,Long, Mingliang,Deng, Huarong,et al. Developments of Space Debris Laser Ranging Technology Including the Applications of Picosecond Lasers[J]. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL,2021,11(21):19.
APA	Zhang, Haifeng.,Long, Mingliang.,Deng, Huarong.,Cheng, Shaoyu.,Wu, Zhibo.,...&Sun, Jiantao.(2021).Developments of Space Debris Laser Ranging Technology Including the Applications of Picosecond Lasers.APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL,11(21),19.
MLA	Zhang, Haifeng,et al."Developments of Space Debris Laser Ranging Technology Including the Applications of Picosecond Lasers".APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 11.21(2021):19.