Dr. Martin Enderlein Profile

Dr. Martin Enderlein

Senior Project Manager Guide Star Lasers at TOPTICA Projects GmbH

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Guide Star Lasers , High-Power CW Lasers , Systems Engineering , Second-Harmonic Generation

Publications (5)

Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

ALASCA: the ESA Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Optical Feeder Link demonstrator facility

Roberto Biasi, Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Mauro Centrone, Martin Enderlein, Marco Faccini, Ollie J. Farley, Daniele Gallieni, D. Gooding, Pierre Haguenauer, Petr Janout, David Jenkins, Frank Lison, J. Luis, Noelia Martinez Rey, James Osborn, Christian Patauner, Dietrich Pescoller, M. Reyes, L. Sabatini, L. Salvi, Zoran Sodnik, David Alaluf, Matteo Tintori, M. Tordi, Matthew Townson, Hira Virdee, Daoping Wei, Wallace R. Clements

Proceedings Volume 12777, 1277756 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2690989

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Satellites, Laser guide stars, Control systems, Atmospheric propagation, Astronomical imaging, Turbulence, Telescopes, Simulations

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Novel 63W CW 589nm chirped laser for laser guide star adaptive optics

Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Wolfgang Hackenberg, Daoping Wei, Martin Enderlein, Sebastian Hepp, Wallace Clements, Frank Lison, Renate Hinterschuster

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121852X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630398

KEYWORDS: Laser guide stars, Continuous wave operation, Adaptive optics, Sodium, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Astronomical imaging, Stellar astronomy, Satellite communications, Raman spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Open Access

SodiumStar – The sodium guide star laser by TOPTICA Projects GmbH

Martin Enderlein

Proceedings Volume AS20EX, AS20EX0F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2588664

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2015 Paper

Robust remote-pumping sodium laser for advanced LIDAR and guide star applications

Bernhard Ernstberger, Martin Enderlein, Axel Friedenauer, Robin Schwerdt, Daoping Wei, Vladimir Karpov, Patrick Leisching, Wallace Clements, Wilhelm Kaenders

Proceedings Volume 9641, 96410F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194874

KEYWORDS: Lasers, Laser systems engineering, Fiber lasers, Electronics, Laser guide stars, Second-harmonic generation, Stars, Sodium, Telescopes, Wavefronts

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The performance of large ground-based optical telescopes is limited due to wavefront distortions induced by atmospheric turbulence. Adaptive optics systems using natural guide stars with sufficient brightness provide a practical way for correcting the wavefront errors by means of deformable mirrors. Unfortunately, the sky coverage of bright stars is poor and therefore the concept of laser guide stars was invented, creating an artificial star by exciting resonance fluorescence from the mesospheric sodium layer about 90 km above the earth’s surface. Until now, mainly dye lasers or sumfrequency mixing of solid state lasers were used to generate laser guide stars. However, these kinds of lasers require a stationary laser clean room for operation and are extremely demanding in maintenance. Under a development contract with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO), TOPTICA Photonics AG and its partner MPB Communications have finalized the development of a next-generation sodium guide star laser system which is available now as a commercial off-the-shelf product. The laser is based on a narrow-band diode laser, Raman fiber amplifier (RFA) technology and resonant second-harmonic generation (SHG), thus highly reliable and simple to operate and maintain. It emits > 22 W of narrow-linewidth (≈ 5 MHz) continuous-wave radiation at sodium resonance and includes a re-pumping scheme for boosting sodium return flux. Due to the SHG resonator acting as spatial mode filter and polarizer, the output is diffraction-limited with RMS wavefront error < λ/25. Apart from this unique optical design, a major effort has been dedicated to integrating all optical components into a ruggedized system, providing a maximum of convenience and reliability for telescope operators. The new remote-pumping architecture allows for a large spatial separation between the main part of the laser and the compact laser head. Together with a cooling-water flow of less than 5 l/min and an overall power consumption of < 700 W, the system offers a maximum of flexibility with minimal infrastructure demands on site. Each system is built in a modular way, based on the concept of line-replaceable units (LRU). A comprehensive system software, as well as an intuitive service GUI, allow for remote control and error tracking down to at least the LRU level. In case of a failure, any LRU can be easily replaced. With these fiber-based guide star lasers, TOPTICA for the first time offers a fully engineered, off-the-shelf guide star laser system for groundbased optical telescopes providing convenient, turn-key operation in remote and harsh locations. Reliability and flexibility will be beneficial in particular for advanced satellite and space debris tracking as well as LIDAR applications.

Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

Series production of next-generation guide-star lasers at TOPTICA and MPBC

Martin Enderlein, Axel Friedenauer, Robin Schwerdt, Paul Rehme, Daoping Wei, Vladimir Karpov, Bernhard Ernstberger, Patrick Leisching, Wallace R. Clements, Wilhelm Kaenders

Proceedings Volume 9148, 914807 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055059

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Control systems, Telescopes, Laser systems engineering, Semiconductor lasers, Electronics, Second-harmonic generation, Laser safety, Radiofrequency ablation, Lasers

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