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September 7, 2011

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Drogue Tracking Using 3-D Flash LIDAR For Autonomous Aerial Refueling
By Chao-I Chen and Roger Stettner, Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc.
This paper presents a novel tracking method that utilizes both 2-D intensity and 3-D point-cloud data acquired with a 3-D Flash LIDAR sensor to establish relative position and orientation between the receiver vehicle and drogue during an aerial refueling process.

Drogue Tracking Using 3-D Flash LIDAR For Autonomous Aerial Refueling

Spotlight On LIDAR/LADAR

Detectors And Emitters For Defense, Aerospace, And Security Applications Brochure
You can depend on Excelitas Technologies to provide high-performance detectors, emitters, and modules that will offer mission-critical performance and reliability to satisfy the demands of even the most demanding defense or aerospace application.

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APD Chips For LIDAR Applications
First Sensor AG offers new silicon APD chips as well as high-volume packages for LIDAR applications in the automotive, industrial, and aerospace industries.

APD Chips For LIDAR Applications

Pulsed Laser Diode Overview
LASER COMPONENTS' high-power pulsed laser diodes (PLDs) are produced at their Canadian facility. Single emitters, multi-junction PLDs, and stacks are available at 905 nm and 1550 nm. Customer-specific designs and other wavelengths (e.g., 850 nm, 930 nm) are available upon request.

Pulsed Laser Diode Overview

Semiconductor Lasers For Defense
A new class of applications is being pursued with QPC Lasers because of their high brightness, high efficiency, and power performance.

Semiconductor Lasers For Defense

Avalanche Photodiode LADAR/LIDAR Receiver Technologies Overview
Voxtel offers LIDAR receivers and LADAR focal plane arrays optimized for high performance with their novel fast-temporal-response, high-gain, low-noise InGaAs avalanche photodiode technology, proven readout integrated circuit designs, and camera electronics expertise.

Avalanche Photodiode LADAR/LIDAR Receiver Technologies Overview

Industry News

Microscope Uses Holograms Instead Of Lenses
New Depiction Of Light Could Boost Telecommunications Channels
Toshiba Imaging Provides Ultra-Compact, High-Definition 3-Chip Cameras For 3-D Applications
Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Inexpensive Technique For Making High-Quality Nanowire Solar Cells
Minus K Technology Releases New MK52 Ultra-Low-Natural-Frequency Optical Table Isolation System
Newport's Stand-Alone, Long-Travel Linear Motor Stages
The Pancreas As We've Never Seen It Before
Ocean Thin Films' PixelTec Delivers High-Performance Patterned ITO Coatings
PicoQuant Combines Optical Microscope With Atomic Force
DuPont Solamet PV414 Photovoltaic Metallization Enables Thin Film Modules From Flexcell
Mid-Wave Infrared Polarizers Ideal For Use In Harsh Environments
Ultra-High-Speed Multichannel Framing Camera
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Case Study: Specialized Thin Film Optical Mirrors Enable VIRUS Spectrograph System In Dark Energy Experiment
Case Study: Specialized Thin Film Optical Mirrors Enable VIRUS Spectrograph System In Dark Energy Experiment
PG&O designed and delivered specialized optical mirrors to Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin for use in building the first-of-its-kind VIRUS (visible integral-field replicable unit spectrograph) instrument, a key part of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment, or HETDEX.

Application Note: Using SWIR In Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance Military And Security Systems
Application Note: Using SWIR In Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance Military And Security Systems
In recent years, the exceptional capabilities of short-wave infrared (SWIR) technology have made SWIR the "next generation" of imaging technology for ground, airborne, and space technology.

Article: Recent Advances In Laser Warning Systems
Article: Recent Advances In Laser Warning Systems
The drive to complete military objectives with minimal risk of injury or death is a constant preoccupation for all military personnel, and the latest technological advances are major priorities for all military OEMs.
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LASER COMPONENTS: Silicon And InGaAs Hybrid APD Receivers
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QPC Lasers: 1550-nm Laser Diodes For Rangefinder Systems
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