[HTML][HTML] A compact multi-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector array supporting gigabit space-to-ground communications

H Hao, QY Zhao, YH Huang, J Deng, F Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Classical and quantum space-to-ground communications necessitate highly sensitive
receivers capable of extracting information from modulated photons to extend the …

How Can Optical Communications Shape the Future of Deep Space Communications? A Survey

S Karmous, N Adem, M Atiquzzaman… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With a large number of deep space (DS) missions anticipated by the end of this decade,
reliable and high-capacity DS communications are needed more than ever. Nevertheless …

Photon information efficiency limits in deep-space optical communications

M Jarzyna, L Kunz, W Zwoliński, M Jachura… - Optical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Deep-space optical communication links operate under severely limited signal power,
approaching the photon-starved regime that requires a receiver capable of measuring …

Dual sideband receiver for radio-over-fiber

Y Horst, T Blatter, L Kulmer, L Landolt, BI Bitachon… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
A dual sideband reception scheme for radio-over fiber (RoF) links is introduced. It is shown
that the new receiver can increase the performance of noise-limited systems by up to 3? dB …

Deep space optical communications technology demonstration

A Biswas, M Srinivasan, K Andrews… - Free-Space Laser …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Deep Space Optical
Communications (DSOC) payload, launched with the Psyche spacecraft on October 13 …

Designing high-speed GEO-to-Moon optical wireless communication links

E Ciaramella, V Spirito, G Cossu - Journal of Optical Communications …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Moon exploration and colonization will strongly rely upon high-speed optical wireless
communications over a huge distance (around 400,000 km). Here, we introduce a holistic …

The pointing uncertainty Region's analysis of inter-satellite laser alignment systems under multiple uncertainties

A Mao, Y Zhang, Z Bao, X Li, S Lu, Q An - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Laser inter-satellite links (LISLs) are crucial for enabling rapid information exchange within
low earth orbit (LEO) constellations. Previous research on laser link establishment often …

Adaptive compound control of laser beam jitter in deep-space optical communication systems

Y Su, J Han, X Wang, C Ma, J Wu - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
In deep-space optical communication systems, precise pointing and aiming of the laser
beam is essential to ensure the stability of the laser link. In this paper, an adaptive …

Real-time demonstration of two-aperture coherent digital combining free-space optical transmission with a real-valued MIMO adaptive equalizer

C Ju, N Liu, D Wang, D Wang, J Yu, Y Qiu - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Compared with the single-aperture system, the multi-aperture coherent digital combining
system has the technical advantage of the effective mitigation of deep fading under strong …

Photonic integrated coherent beam combiner based on MMI and the SPGD algorithm

S Jiao, J Qiu, G Zhao, J Wu - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Atmospheric turbulence severely degrades the optical wavefront of a propagating beam,
which greatly reduces the coupling efficiency of free-space optical (FSO) receivers. Among …