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Conference Schedule

The meeting ran from Monday morning, July 9, 2007, through July 13, 2007, with a reception and registration from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2007.


Program Agenda with Abstracts and Presentations as Available

Program Day     Program Session  
Invited Papers     Contributed Papers  


Session Number & Time
Session Chairs/ CoChairs
Session and Speakers
Day 1 - Monday July 9, 2007
9:00 AM Sammy Henderson Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1
M.Huffaker, S. Henderson, G. Li
Opening Session
Fundamental Coherent Science and Technology
9:15 AM Keynote Speaker, J. Hall, (JILA - University of Colorado and NIST), Vibration-Resistant Laser Reference Cavity Design - A Highway to Optical Phase Stability and sub-Hz Linewidth in the Real World
9:55 AM M. Scully, (Texas A&M University and Princeton University), The Photon: From the Quantum Theory of Light to Vacuum Fuctuations and the Photon Wave Function
10:25 AM P. Kumar, V. Grigoryan, (Northwestern University), and M. Vasilyev, (University of Texas at Arlington), Noise-Free Amplification: Towards Quantum Laser Radar
10:55 - 11:10 AM BREAK  
11:10 AM D. Payne, (Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, UK), Kilowatt Fibre Amplifiers as Highly Coherent Sources for Laser Radar
11:40 AM R.L. Byer (rlbyer@stanford.edu) and A. K. Sridharan, (Stanford University), A Proposed 1-micron Eyesafe Lidar System for Global Space-based Remote Wind Measurements

12:00-
1:00 PM

  LUNCH
Session 2
M. Hardesty, B. Menzies
Remote Sensing Priorities for the Future
1:10 PM M.J. Kavaya, (NASA Langley), A Summary of the First Decadal Survey for Earth Sciences and Applications
1:40 PM P. McManamon, (Air Force Research Laboratory), The Roles of Laser Radar in Layered Sensing
Session 3A
K. Asai, Y. Hirino, A. Debas, U. Singh, A. Belmonte
Ground and Airborne Wind Measurement Systems
2:10 PM S.C. Tucker*, W.A. Brewer, R.M. Hardesty, S.P. Sandberg, A.M. Weickmann*, D.C. Law, R.M. Marchbanks*, B.M. McCarty*, and J. Machol*, (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory), Ship-based High Resolution Doppler Lidar (HRDL) Measurements of Boundary Layer Winds and Relative Aerosol Backscatter During the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study (*Authors also with CU/CIRES)
2:40 PM S. Rahm (stephan.rahm@dlr.de), I. Smalikho, and R. Simmet, (DLR, Germany), Recent Lidar-based Wake Vortex Measurements at DLR
3:10 -
3:25 PM
BREAK AFTERNOON
3:25 PM A. Adolfi-Bouteyre (adolfi@onera.fr), M. Valla, B. Augère, (ONERA, France), J.-P. Cariou, (ONERA and LEOSPHERE), D. Goular, D. Fleury, G. Canat, C. Planchat, T. Gaudo, L. Lombard, (ONERA, France), O. Petilon, and J. Lawson- Daku, (LEOSPHERE, France), 1.5 µm All Fiber Pulsed Lidar for Wake Vortex Monitoring
3:45 PM T. Ando (Ando.Toshiyuki@ap.Mitsubishi Electric.co.jp), S. Kameyama, T. Sakimura, K. Asaka, and Y. Hirano, (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)
4:05 PM J.P. Cariou (jpcariou@leosphere.fr), (LEOSPHERE, France), R. Parmentier, (LEOSPHERE, France), M. Valla, (ONERA, France), L. Sauvage, (LEOSPHERE, France), I. Antoniou, (Risø, Wind Energy Department, Denmark), and M. Courtney (Risø, Wind Energy Department, Denmark), An Innovative and Autonomous 1.5 µm Coherent Lidar for PBL Wind Profiling
4:25 PM R. Frehlich (rgf@cires.colorado.edu), Y. Miellier, and M.L. Jensen, (University of Colorado), Coherent Doppler Lidar Measurements of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
DAY 2 - Tuesday, July 10, 2007
8:00 AM Sammy Henderson Announcements
Session 3B
K. Asai, Y.Hirino, A. Debas, U. Singh, A. Belmonte
Ground and Airborne Wind Measurement Systems (Continued)
8:10 AM J. Mann, T. Mikkelsen, I. Antoniou, M. Courtney, F. Bingöl, G. Larsen, and H.E. Jørgensen, (Risø National Laboratory at the Danish Technical University, Denmark), Lidars in Wind Energy
8:40 AM K. Mizutani, T. Itabe, S. Ishii, T. Aoki, Y. Murayama, H. Iwai, (National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan), K. Asai, A. Sato, (Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan), H. Fukuoka, (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan), and T. Ishikawa, (Nippo Aleph Co., Japan), Wind Lidar Developments and Measurements at NICT
9:10 AM A. Linganagari (alingana@asu.edu), R. Calhoun, and H.J.S Fernando, (Arizona State University). Analysis of the Nocturnal Development and Dispersion of Smoke Puffs in the Atmosphere using Lidar
9:30 AM Y.L. Pichugina (yelena.pichugina@noaa.gov), (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)), R.M. Banta, (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)), N.D. Kelley, B.J. Jonkman, (National Wind Technology Center/National Renewable Energy Laboratory), W.A. Brewer, S.P. Sandberg, (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)), and J.L. Machol, (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)), Advantage of the High Resolution Doppler Lidar Measurements for Nighttime PBL Study and Wind-energy Applications
9:50 AM S.M. Hannon (steve.hannon@lmct.com), S.R. Vetorino and J.V. Pelk, (Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Next Generation Doppler Lidar Sensor at 1.6 microns
10:10 AM D. Emmitt (gde@swa.com) and C. O’Handley, (Simpson Weather Associates), Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Prospecting for Vertical Structures at Flight Level
10:30 - 10:45 AM MORNING BREAK
10:45 AM M.J. Kavaya (michael.j.kavaya@nasa.gov), F. Amzajerdian, G.J. Koch, U.N. Singh, and J. Yu, (NASA Langley Research Center), Coherent Lidar Activities at NASA Langley Research Center
11:15 AM N. Schmitt (nikolaus.schmitt@eads.net), W. Rehm, T. Pistner, H. Diehl, P. Navé, (EADS Innovation Works, Germany), G. Jenaro-Rabadan, P. Mirand, and M. Reymond, (AIRBUS SAS, France), Flight of the Awiator Airborne LIDAR Turbulence Sensor - Final Results
Session 4
P. Flamant, K. Mizutani, A. Brewer
Space-Based Lidar
11:35 AM H. Nett (herbert.nett@esa.int) and M. Endeman, (European Space Agency, ESTEC), ADM-Aeolus Mission: Operation and Data Processing
12:05 AM Y. Durrand (yannig.durand@esa.int), A. Hélière, P. Bensi, J.-L. Bézy, and R. Meynart, (European Space Agency, Earth Observation Projects), Lidars in ESA's Earth Observation Missions
12:20 -
1:20 PM
  LUNCH
1:20 PM A. Dabas (alain.dabas@meteo.fr), M.-L. Denneulin, (Météo-France, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, France), P. Flamant, (Centre National de la recherché Scientifique, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France), O. Reitebuch, J. Streicher, I. Leike, D. Huber, and U. Paffrath, (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Germany), Wind Retrieval from ADM-Aeolus Signals
1:40 PM M.-L. Denneulin (marie-laure.denneulin@cnrm.meteo.fr), (Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM/GAME, France), P. Flamant, J. Cuesta, (Centre National de la Recherche scientifique, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon, France), A. Dabas, (Météo-France/CNRS, CNRM/GAME, France), and D. Huber, (DLR, Germany), ADM-Aeolus Spin-off Products and Retrieval Algorithms
2:00 PM Y. Durand (yannig.durand@esa.int), A. Hélière, J.-L. Bézy, and R. Meynart, (European Space Agency, Earth Observation Projects), Lidar Technology Developments for ESA's Earth Observation Missions
2:20 PM C. Grund (cgrund@ball.com), M. Stephens, and C. Weimer, (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation), Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar and Performance from LEO
2:40 PM M.J. Kavaya (michael.j.kavaya@nasa.gov) and R.G. Frehlich, (NASA Langley Research Center), Lidar and Mission Parameter Trade Study of Space-Based Coherent Wind Measurement Centered on NASA’s 2006 GWOS Wind Mission Study Parameters
3:00 -
3:15 PM
AFTERNOON BREAK
3:15 PM B. Gentry, M. Magill, J. Corner, and G. Schwemmer, (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Direct Detection Doppler Lidar Development at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Past, Present, and Future
3:45 PM D. Winker and Y. Hu, (NASA Langley Research Center), The CALIPSO Mission and Initial Inputs for Doppler Wind Lidar Studies
Session 5
D. Killinger, F. Gibert, N. Sugimoto
CO2 Measurement Lidar
4:15 PM J.B. Abshire, H. Riris, R. Kawa, X. Sun, M.A. Krainak, J.-P. Mao, G.J. Collatz, M.A. Stephen, J. Chen, E. Wilson, (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Laser Sounder for Remote Measurements of CO2 Concentrations in the Troposphere
4:45 PM G. Spiers, (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Recent Results and Progress on the Development of a Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Carbon Dioxide Sink and Source Detection
Session 12
7:00-9:00 PM
Poster Session
POSTER V. Banakh (banakh@iao.ru), D.A. Marakasov, (Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Russia), and M.A. Vorontsov (U.S. Army Research Laboratory), Reconstruction of Cross-wind Profile From Turbulent Intensity Fluctuations of Diffusely Scattered Optical Wave
POSTER G. Busch, and D.F. Pierrottet, (Coherent Applications, Inc.), Dispelling the Myth of Reduced Heterodyne Efficiency With Increasing Detection Aperture
POSTER K.M. Kwong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) and P.W. Chan, (Hong Kong Observatory, China), LIDAR-based Turbulence Intensity Calculation along Glide Paths
POSTER D. Emmitt (gde@swa.com) and S.Greco, (Simpson Weather Associates), CFLOS Statistics for Design of Future Space Based Lidars
POSTER P. Gatt (phil.gatt@lmco.com) and S. Shald, (Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Coherent Ladar Angle Estimation Error Analysis
POSTER H. Iwai (iwai@nict.go.jp), S. Ishii, K. Mizutani, Y. Murayama, (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), N. Kaku, (Electronic Navigation Research Institute, Japan), S. Weiming, T. Yamazaki, and T. Iwasaki, (Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Japan), Single- and Dual-lidar measurements of the sea breeze at Ssendai Airport
POSTER J.W. Katz (j-katz@tamu.edu), (Texas A&M University), Laboratory Development of a Brillouin LIDAR Using Edge-Filter Detection for Measurement of Sound Velocity in the Ocean
POSTER K.T. Lowe (toddlowe@aurinc.com) and R.L. Simpson, (Applied University Research, Inc.), Doppler Chirp Signal Processing for Particle Acceleration Measurement with Laser-Doppler Velocimetry
POSTER J. Mason (james.e.mason@lmco.com), J.E. Mann, K.A. Anderson, R.L. Kendrick, T.S. Kubo, J. C. Marron, and T. Zhao, (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center), Experiments with Multi-Aperture Three Dimensional Coherent Imaging
POSTER C. Roychoudhuri, (University of Connecticut) and N.S. Prasad (n.s.prasad@larc.nasa.gov), (NASA Langley Research Center), A Deeper Look at the Fundamentals of Heterodyne Detection Requirements
POSTER S. Serati (sserati@bnonlinear.com) and J. Stockley, (Boulder Nonlinear Systems, Inc.), Dynamic Holographic Beam Steering   
POSTER S. Shald, (scott.shald@lmco.com), (Lockheed Martin), Comparison of FIR and IIR Filters in Coherent Lidar Processing
POSTER I. Shpantzer, P. Cho (pscho@celight.com), (CeLight, Inc.), J. Khurgin, (Johns Hopkins University), A Novel Coherent Laser Radar Architecture Based on Temporal-diversified Optical Orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing
POSTER D.G.H. Tan (david.tan@ecmwf.int), E. Andersson, J. de Kloe, G.-J. Marseille, A. Stoffelen, P. Poli, M.-L. Denneulin, A. Dabas, D. Huber, O. Reitebuch, P. Flamant, O. Le Rille, A.-G. Straume, and H. Nett, (ECMWF), ADAM-Aeolus Level-2B Wind Retrieval Algorithms
POSTER R.J. Hill, A. Brewer, and S.C. Tucker, (sara.tucker@noaa.gov), Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado and Earth Systems Research Laboratory, NOAA, Platform-Motion Compensation for Velocity Measured by Doppler Lidar
POSTER N. Tsunematsu (n.tsunematsu@nict.go.jp), H. Iwai, S. Ishii, Y. Murayama, M. Yasui, K. Mizutani, S. Kawamura, and Y. Ohno, (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)), A Case Study of Multi-layered Wind Structure Over Tokyo Associated With Sea Breeze Circulation by Use of a Coherent Doppler Lidar and the WRF Model
POSTER D. Youmans (DYoumans@sparta.com), (SPARTA, Inc.), Range-Doppler Imaging Using Pseudo-Random Phase Modulation Coherent Ladar: A Study Using the SEASAT Satellite Retro-Reflectors
DAY 3 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007
8:00 AM Sammy Henderson Announcements
Session 5
CO2 Measurement Lidar (Continued)
8:10 AM P. Flamant, (Ecole Polytechnique, France), Road to CO2 DIAL Mission
8:40 AM M. Dobbs, W. Sharp, J. Jenney, (ITT Space Systems), Method and Performance of Modulated-CW Lidar for Mapping Sources and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide
9:10 AM F. Gibert (fabien.gibert@lmd.polytechnique.fr), ( Ecole Polytechnique, France), L. Joly, (GSMA, Université de Reims), I. Xueref-Remy, M. Schmidt, M. Ramonet, (IPSL-LSCE), P.H. Flamant, (Ecole Polytechnique, France), D. Bruneau, IPSL-SA, Université Pierre et Marie Curie), and D. Edouart, (Ecole Polytechnique, France), 2-µm Heterodyne DIfferential Absorption Lidar for Both Atmospheric CO2 and Wind Measurements: Validation and Geophysical Application
9:30 AM S. Ishii (sishii@nict.go.jp), K. Mizutani, T. Itabe, T. Aoki, (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), K.Asai, and A. Sato, (Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan), Coherent Differential Absorption Lidar for atmospheric CO2 Measurement
9:50 AM S. Kameyama, (Kameyama.Shumpei@dn.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp), S. Ueno, Y. Hirano, N. Sugimoto, and T. Kimmura, (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
9:50-10:05 MORNING BREAK
Session 6
O. Steinvall, T. Karr, R. Fields
Hard Target Laser Radar
10:05 AM J.M. Sabatier, (University of Mississippi) and V. Aranchuk, (Metrolaser, Inc.), Multiple Beam Laser Doppler Vibrometry for Landmine Detection
10:35 AM O. Steinvall, (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden), Recent Lidar
11:05 AM M. Vaidyanathan, S. Blask, and V. Reynolds, (Harris Corporation) and R. Marino, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Field Demonstration of 3-D Photon Counting Lidar for Imaging Through Foliage   
11:35 PM J. Buck (joe.buck@lmco.com), A. Malm, A. Zakel, B. Krause, and B. Tiemann, (Lockheed Martin), S3 Program Update: High-Resolution Three-dimensional Imaging
12:05 PM D. Jameson (Douglas.Jameson@wpafb.af.mil), M. Dierking, (Air Force Research Laboratory) and B. Duncan, (Electro Optics Program, University of Dayton), Effects of Spatial Averaging on Coherent Ladar Pulse-Pair Vibration Measurements
    AFTERNOON FREE
7:30-9:30 PM   PANEL DISCUSSION - Laser Radar - Training and Education
DAY 4 - Thursday, July 12, 2007
8:30 AM Sammy Henderson Announcements
Session 7
M. Kavaya, P. Gatt, G. Spiers
Modeling and Simulation
8:40 AM A. Belmonte (belmonte@tsc.upc.edu), (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain), Atmospheric Aberrations in Coherent Laser Systems
9:10 AM D. Jacob (don.jacob@lmco.com) and P. Gatt, ( Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Coherent Lidar CNR: A Summary of the Effects of Refractive Turbulence and the Dependence on the Normalized Irradiance Variance
9:30 AM P. Gatt (phil.gatt@lmco.com), T. Nichols, and S. Johnson, (Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Finite Dead-Time Geiger-Mode APD Performance
9:50 AM M.A. Greiner (Greiner@wpafb.af.mil), D. Bradley, D. Duncan, and M.P. Dierking, (University of Dayton), Monte Carlo Canopy Propagation Model
10:10-10:25 MORNING BREAK
Session 8
S. Radic, S. Alejandro, G. Kammerman
Related Coherent Optical Technologies and Applications
10:25 AM M.G. Taylor, (Atlantic Sciences), Coherent Detection for Fiber Optic Communications Using Real Time Digitial Signal Processing
10:55 AM V. Quetschke, (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, University of Florida), LIGO - Coherent Optical Length Measurement with 10-18 m Accuracy
11:25 AM B. Smutny, R. Lange, G. Mühlnikel, and F. Heine, (Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG, Germany), Coherent Laser Communications Terminals for LEO-GEO Data Links
11:55-1:00   LUNCH
Session 9
P. McManamon, W. Buell, M. Halmos
Synthetic and MultiAperture Coherent Laser Radar Systems
1:00 PM J. Ricklin, B. Schumm, and P. Tomlinson, (DARPA), Synthetic Aperture Ladar for Tactical Imaging (SALTI) Flight Test Results and Path Forward
1:30 PM J.C. Marron (joe.marron@lmco.com), R.L. Kendrick, T.A. Höft, and N. Seldomridge, (Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Novel Multiaperture 3D Imaging Systems
2:00 PM N.J. Miller, (University of Dayton), M.P. Dierking, (Air Force Research Laboratory), and B.D. Duncan, (University of Dayton), Sparse Aperture Imaging
Session 10A
R. Heinrichs, M. Harris, R. Richmond, F. Amzajerdian
Novel Systems
2:20 PM Mark Rubin (rubin@LL.mit.edu) and S. Kaushik, (MIT Lincoln Laboratories), Quantum States and Coherent Laser Radar
2:50 PM J. Ashcomb, S. Kaushik, R.M. Heinrichs, (MIT Lincoln Laboratories), Coherent Detection with Photon Counting Receivers
3:20-3:35 AFTERNOON BREAK
3:35 PM N. Newbury, W.C. Swann, and I. Coddington, (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Lidar with Femtosecond Fiber-Laser Frequency Combs
4:05 PM R. Babbitt, P.A. Roos, Z. Cole, R.R. Reibel, T. Berg, B. Kaylor, K.D. Merkel, K.H. Wagner, F. Schlottau, Y. Li, and A. Hoskins, (Montana State University), High Resolution Range/Doppler Ladar Using Broadband Coherent Optical Processing
4:35 PM S.L. Jain (sljain@nplindia.ernet.in), (National Physical Laboratory)
4:55 PM P. Lindelow (pli@oersted.dtu.dk), (Orsted-DTU, COM/DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), Velocity Sensing FSPT-Modulated Coherent Lidar
6:30 PM   BANQUET DINNER
DAY 5 - Friday, July 13, 2007
8:00 AM Sammy Henderson Announcements
Session 10B
R. Heinrichs, M. Harris, R. Richmond, F. Amzajerdian
Novel Systems (Continued)
8:10 A M J.C. Chen (jcchen@ll.mit.edu) and S. Kaushik, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Terahertz Vibrometer that Senses Sub-micron Vibrations Behind Barriers
8:30 AM M.J. Khan (mjkhan@ll.mit.edu), J.C. Chen, and S. Kaushik, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Optical Detection of Terahertz Using Nonlinear Parametric Upconversion
Session 11
D. Tratt, S. Rahm, J. Paranto, D. Pierrottet Advanced Component Technologies
8:50 AM F. Amjajerdian, B.L. Meadows, N.R. Baker, B.W. Barnes, U.N. Singh, and M.J. Kavaya, (NASA Langley Research Center), Qualification Testing of Laser Diode Pump Arrays for a Space-based 2-micron Coherent Doppler Lidar
9:20 AM Mike Salisbury, J. Boisvert, S. Connors, G. Stuart, and A. Portillo, (Boeing SVS), Geiger Mode Array Tech Transfer and Terrain Mapping Data Collection
9:50-10:10 MORNING BREAK
10:10 AM F. Hovis, (Fibertek, Inc.), C. Weimer, J. Applegate, (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.), A. Cook, J. Hair, (NASA Langley Research Center), B. Gentry, (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), J. Wang, (Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems), and M. Dehring, (Michigan Aerospace Corp.), Advanced Transmitters for Ladar Applications
10:40 AM D. Edouart (edouart@lmd.polytechnique.fr) and P.H. Flamant, (IPSL-LMD, Ecole Polytechnique), Using a Photo-acoustic Cell to Manage Pulsed Laser Spectral Shift: Application to Accurate Atmospheric CO2 Heterodyne Differential Absorption Lidar Measurements
11:00 AM F. Heine (frank.heine@tesat.de) and R. Lange, (Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG)
11:20 PM B. Stoneman (bob.stoneman@lmco.com), R. Hartman, E.A. Schneider, A.I.R. Malm, S.R. Vetorino, C.G. Garvin, J.V. Pelk, S.M. Hannon, and S.W. Henderson, (Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies), Eyesafe 1.6 Micron Er:YAG Transmitters for Coherent Laser Radar
12:30 PM   CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

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