A survey on acquisition, tracking, and pointing mechanisms for mobile free-space optical communications

Y Kaymak, R Rojas-Cessa, J Feng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a comprehensive survey on acquisition, tracking, and pointing (ATP)
mechanisms used in free-space optical (FSO) communications systems. ATP mechanisms …

[图书][B] Principles of adaptive optics

RK Tyson, BW Frazier - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of
adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the …

Laser technology in photonic applications for space

D Guilhot, P Ribes-Pleguezuelo - Instruments, 2019 - mdpi.com
The registered history of laser technologies for space application starts with the first laser
echoes reflected off the Moon in 1962. Since then, photonic technologies have become very …

NASA's optical communications program for 2017 and beyond

DM Cornwell - 2017 IEEE international conference on space …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program at NASA Headquarters is
pursuing a vibrant and wide-ranging optical communications program for future near-Earth …

Free space laser telecommunication through fog

G Schimmel, T Produit, D Mongin, J Kasparian, JP Wolf - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Atmospheric clearness is a key issue for free space optical communications (FSO). We
present an active method to achieve FSO through clouds and fog, using ultrashort high …

Ground terminal design for high rate direct to earth optical communications

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, DV Murphy… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Challenges of direct-to-Earth (DTE) laser communications (lasercom) between spacecraft in
low-Earth orbit (LEO) or medium-Earth orbit (MEO) and ground terminals can include short …

Free-space optical communication module for small satellites

RW Kingsbury, KM Riesing, KL Cahoy… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Communication bottlenecks, particularly in the downlink direction, are a common problem
for many CubeSat developers. As described herein, a CubeSat module for a CubeSat …

Nanosatellite optical downlink experiment: design, simulation, and prototyping

E Clements, R Aniceto, D Barnes, D Caplan… - Optical …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The nanosatellite optical downlink experiment (NODE) implements a free-space optical
communications (lasercom) capability on a CubeSat platform that can support low earth orbit …

Performance of the adaptive optics system for Laser Communications Relay Demonstration's Ground Station 1

LC Roberts, SR Meeker, J Tesch, JC Shelton… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration is NASA's multi-year demonstration of
laser communication from the Earth to a geosynchronous satellite. The mission currently has …

空间激光通信技术最新进展与趋势

张靓, 郭丽红, 刘向南, 林一, 卢满宏 - 飞行器测控学报, 2013 - cqvip.com
空间激光通信技术已成为现代超宽带卫星通信技术发展的新焦点. 详细介绍了美国,
欧洲和日本在空间激光通信技术领域的最新研究进展和发展规划, 重点介绍他们正在开发的第2 …