Mr. Ryan E. Edwards Profile

Ryan E. Edwards

Laser Engineer at Fibertek Inc

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 20 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

ICESat-2 laser Nd:YVO4 amplifier

Nicholas Sawruk, Patrick Burns, Ryan Edwards, Viatcheslav Litvinovitch, Nigel Martin, Greg Witt, Elias Fakhoury, John Iskander, Mark Pronko, Elisavet Troupaki, Michael Bay, Charles He, Liqin Wang, John Cavanaugh, Babak Farrokh, Jonathan Salem, Eric Baker

Proceedings Volume 10513, 105130X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292256

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Indium, Optical amplifiers, Laser crystals, Gold, Amplifiers, Interfaces, 3D modeling, Laser systems engineering, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2016 Paper

Three-year aging of prototype flight laser at 10 kHz and 1 ns pulses with external frequency doubler for ICESat-2 mission

Oleg Konoplev, Furqan Chiragh, Aleksey Vasilyev, Ryan Edwards, Mark Stephen, Elisavet Troupaki, Anthony Yu, Michael Krainak, Nick Sawruk, Floyd Hovis, Charles Culpepper, Kathy Strickler

Proceedings Volume 9834, 98340A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225985

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Prototyping, Contamination, Laser crystals, Second-harmonic generation, Reliability, Diagnostics, Laser crystals, Control systems, Laser systems engineering, Laser applications

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2015 Paper

ICESat-2 laser technology readiness level evolution

Nicholas Sawruk, Patrick Burns, Ryan Edwards, Theodore Wysocki, Andre VanTuijl, Viatcheslav Litvinovitch, Edward Sullivan, Floyd Hovis

Proceedings Volume 9342, 93420L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080531

KEYWORDS: Laser applications, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, Laser optics, Neodymium, Electronics, Reliability, Electromagnetic coupling, Laser development, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2014 Paper

Design validation for ICESat2 space-based laser transmitter

Patrick Burns, Nicholas Sawruk, Andre VanTuijl, Slava Litvinovitch, Ti Chuang, Ryan Edwards, William Rudd, Elias Fakhoury, Theodore Wysocki, Floyd Hovis

Proceedings Volume 9218, 92181G (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062323

KEYWORDS: Laser development, Electromagnetic coupling, Transmitters, Laser applications, Space telescopes, Laminated object manufacturing, Fiber amplifiers, Near field optics, Fourier transforms, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2013 Paper

Approach to space-qualification of the ICESat-2 laser transmitter

Floyd Hovis, Nick Sawruk, Mark Stephen, Joel Edelman, Slava Litvinovitch, Ryan Edwards, Joe Rudd, Jim Bautch, Elias Fakhoury

Proceedings Volume 8872, 887203 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026269

KEYWORDS: Laser applications, Laser development, Transmitters, Optical filters, Clouds, Aerosols, LIDAR, Electronics, Distortion, Oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2013 Paper

ICESat-2 laser technology development

Ryan Edwards, Nick Sawruk, Floyd Hovis, Patrick Burns, Theodore Wysocki, Joe Rudd, Brooke Walters, Elias Fakhoury, Vincent Prisciandaro

Proceedings Volume 8872, 88720S (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024326

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Laser development, Optical amplifiers, Oscillators, Laser applications, Neodymium lasers, Laser systems engineering, Transmitters, Laser damage threshold, Hardware testing

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2013 Paper

Space qualified laser transmitter for NASA's ICESat-2 mission

Nicholas Sawruk, Mark Stephen, Slava Litvinovitch, Joel Edelman, Michael Albert, Ryan Edwards, Charles Culpepper, William Rudd, Elias Fakhoury, Floyd Hovis

Proceedings Volume 8599, 85990O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005590

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Laser applications, Pulsed laser operation, Laser optics, Neodymium, Thermography, Optical amplifiers, Thermal modeling, Laser systems engineering, Tunable lasers

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2011 Paper

High efficiency laser designs for airborne and space-based lidar remote sensing systems

F. Hovis, R. Burnham, M. Storm, R. Edwards, P. Burns, E. Sullivan, J. Edelman, K. Andes, B. Walters, K. Le, C. Culpepper, J. Rudd, T. Chuang, X. Dang, J. Hwang, T. Wysocki

Proceedings Volume 8159, 815903 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896106

KEYWORDS: Laser development, Transmitters, LIDAR, Oscillators, Pulsed laser operation, Prototyping, Optical amplifiers, Diodes, Remote sensing, Semiconductor lasers

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