Free-space optical communications, or laser communications (lasercom), offer a compelling
alternative to conventional RF and microwave communications, providing substantially …

Abstract Free Space Optics (FSO) is an optical communication technique which
disseminates light in free space such as air, vacuum or celestial space, to wirelessly transfer …

Increasing demand in data-traffic has been addressed over the last few years. It is expected
that the data-traffic will present the significant part of the total backbone traffic. Accordingly …

Satellite-based communication systems of today are increasingly capacity limited. Based on
radio frequency or microwave (generically RF) technologies, current stateof-the-art satellite …

Optical links from a spacecraft at planetary distance to a ground-based receiver presume a
cloud free line of site (CFLOS). Future ground-based optical receiving networks, should they …

The increasing resolution of earth observation sensors will require much higher data rates
for the data downlink in future than is feasible with conventional RF-technology. This applies …

The prospect of mankind returning to the Moon has garnered a great amount of attention in
recent years. Dozens of lunar missions are planned for the coming decade which will …

Over the last two decades free-space optical communication (FSO) has become more and
more interesting as an adjunct or alternative to radio frequency communication. Free-space …

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International space agencies around the world are currently developing optical
communication systems for Near Earth and Deep Space applications for both robotic and …