LEMON is pleased to release the public project Newsletter N°4! In this issue of the Newsletter you will find: Editorial by the Project Coordinator, Myriam Raybaut; Focus on the first differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument ground-based validation campaign, performed by LEMON partners in September 2021; Focus on calculations performed to estimate the LEMON instrument performances …
Continuer la lecture « LEMON Newsletter n°4 / November 2021 released »
This news article aims to provide an update on the radiation tests performed within the LEMON project, as a follow-up of the news article published on the LEMON website on the 18th September 2020. The most susceptible components of the LEMON Frequency Referency UnIT (LEMON Fruit) have been identified and assessed with respect to the …
Continuer la lecture « Towards a spaceborne Lidar frequency reference »
This news article aims to provide an update on the work performed within the key project work package focusing on the manufacturing of the DIAL LIDAR instrument, under Fraunhofer ILT leadership. After the successful Optical and Mechanical Readiness Report as an output of the design phase, the LEMON project entered the next stage with the …
Continuer la lecture « Status overview of the LEMON instrument manufacturing »
The LEMON project was well represented at the 13th edition of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), which was held virtually between the 30th March and the 2nd April 2021. The ICSO conference is the world’s largest meeting of experts who are active in all disciplines of optical, optoelectronic and photonic technologies for space …
Continuer la lecture « The LEMON project at the front stage at the ICSO conference 2021 »
The LEMON consortium is delighted to announce that the peer-reviewed article « High Energy Parametric Laser Source and Frequency-Comb-Based Wavelength Reference for CO2 and Water Vapor DIAL in the 2 µm Region: Design and Pre-Development Experimentations » has been published in Atmosphere journal on 20th March 2021 as part of the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Atmospheric …
The LEMON consortium gathered for the 2nd Review Meeting on the 20th of January 2021. The meeting was initially planned to take place at the premises of SpaceTech GmbH, in Immenstaad, Germany, on Lake Constance. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, a remote meeting was scheduled instead. The REA Project Officer, Sabri …
Continuer la lecture « LEMON gathers for a virtual Review Meeting »
The LEMON project was particularly well represented at the 19th International Conference Laser Optics – ICLO 2020, which took place between 2 – 6 November 2020 in St-Peterburg, Russia. This biannual conference is a main event in the field of laser physics, optics, and photonics, which attracts more than 1000 attendees from all over the world. To …
The LEMON newsletter n°3 from the LEMON project is now available! This newsletter will present the progress of the project during this last period, with the completion of our instrument mechanical readiness review and the launching of the fabrication for several sub-systems. In addition, the DIAL instrument design is presented. Also, since the European Space …
Continuer la lecture « LEMON Newsletter n°3 / October 2020 released »
The LEMON consortium has conducted the radiation tests for the most critical devices used within the lidar system. For the non-linear Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) crystals and the highly non-linear fibers the post radiation tests have been conducted, too. The results of those have proven that the materials used for the airborne demonstrator are also …
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, many events planned this year have been postponed or cancelled.Here are some updates about the upcoming conferences that the LEMON partners will attend. The 19th International Conference Laser Optics – ICLO 2020 in St-Peterburg, Russia, initially planned in June 2020, has been postponed and will take place between the 2nd – 6th November 2020. LEMON partner KTH is the …
