https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817602013
A compact led lidar system fitted for a mars rover – design and ground experiment
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Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, 275-0016 Japan
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Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nakakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180 Japan
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Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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Meteorological Research Institute, 1-1 Nagamine, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0052 Japan
* Email: prane.ong@gmail.com
Published online: 13 April 2018
A compact LED lidar was constructed and fieldtested with the aim to observe the Mars’ dust devils. To be able to fit it on the Mars rover, a specialized Cassegrain telescope was designed to be within a 10 cm-cube, with a field of view of 3mrad. The transmitter has 385 nm LED light source with 3 cmϕ opening, 70mrad divergence, 0.75W (7.5nJ/10ns) pulse power, and 500 kHz repetition frequency. The configuration of the optical system is biaxial to easily configure the overlap between their optical axes.
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