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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …