Satellite communications (SatComs) have recently entered a period of renewed interest
motivated by technological advances and nurtured through private investment and ventures …

Due to recent advances in laser satellite communications technology, free-space optical
(FSO) links are presented as an ideal alternative to the conventional radio frequency (RF) …

Space data highway networks are currently being deployed to provide high data rate
connectivity to non-fibre-connected areas around the world and to prepare the incoming …

Architecture of a 10 Gbauds link between new high complexity optical ground station
suitable for feeder link and a geo-stationary satellite is described. Such link is tested in …

Techniques for data transmission including receiving, at a geostationary earth orbiting
satellite, forward-direction user data via a forward optical link; transmitting, by the …

We estimate the capacity of optical links at telecom wavelengths built upon existing
terrestrial technologies. We study the impact of molecular absorption while varying the …

Free space optical communications are becoming a mature technology to cope with the
needs of high data rate payloads for future low‐earth orbiting observation satellites …

Seen as the essential infrastructure supporting future high-throughput space data highways,
Optical Feeder Links are still confronted with the need to manage atmospheric disruptions …

To achieve Tb/s throughput in the near-infrared window that is required for FSO feeder-links,
coherent beam combining appears as a promising candidate to increase output power of …

As connectivity and data-rate demands continue to escalate, free-space optical
communication is recognised as one of the key enablers for the required progression …