Satellite-to-ground quantum-limited communication using a 50-kg-class microsatellite

H Takenaka, A Carrasco-Casado, M Fujiwara… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The recent rapid growth of satellite-constellation programmes for remote sensing and
communications, enabled by the availability of small-sized and low-cost satellites, has …

Space optical links for communication networks

A Carrasco-Casado, R Mata-Calvo - Springer Handbook of Optical …, 2020 - Springer
Future spacecraft will require a paradigm shift in the way information is transmitted, in light of
the continuous increase in the amount of data requiring space links. Current radio-frequency …

Development of a miniaturized laser-communication terminal for small satellites

A Carrasco-Casado, K Shiratama, PV Trinh, D Kolev… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Free-space optical communication is becoming a mature technology that has been
demonstrated in space a number of times in the last few years. The Japanese National …

Intersatellite-link demonstration mission between CubeSOTA (LEO CubeSat) and ETS9-HICALI (GEO satellite)

A Carrasco-Casado, PX Do, D Kolev… - … on Space Optical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LEO-to-GEO intersatellite links using laser communications bring important benefits to
greatly enhance applications such as downloading big amounts of data from LEO satellites …

Free-space optical links for space communication networks

A Carrasco-Casado, R Mata-Calvo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.13166, 2020 - arxiv.org
Future spacecraft will require a paradigm shift in the way the information is transmitted due
to the continuous increase in the amount of data requiring space links. Current …

Does the degree of polarization of vector beams remain unchanged on atmospheric propagation?

Z Tao, A Abdukirim, C Dai, P Wu, H Mei, C Luo… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
All roads lead to Rome. In this article we propose a novel theoretical framework to
demonstrate vector beams whose degree of polarization does not change on atmospheric …

NICT's versatile miniaturized lasercom terminals for moving platforms

A Carrasco-Casado, K Shiratama… - … on Space Optical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the goal of meeting the diverse requirements of many different types of platforms,
ranging from small drones to big satellites, and being applied in a variety of diverse …

Received-power fluctuation analysis for LEO satellite-to-ground laser links

DR Kolev, M Toyoshima - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the received-power fluctuations downlink data from two different low Earth orbit
satellite experiments are analyzed. The first set of data was gathered from the Optical Inter …

Free space optical secret key agreement

H Endo, M Fujiwara, M Kitamura, O Tsuzuki, T Ito… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Free space optical (FSO) communications are enabling high-speed global wireless
networks. Thanks to the highly directional nature of laser beam, they also yield a greater …

[PDF][PDF] 四象限探测器光斑检测原理及其研究进展

李征, 许昊宇, 梁静远, 张颖, 柯熙政 - 应用光学, 2023 - researching.cn
(1. 西安理工大学自动化与信息工程学院, 陕西西安710048; 2. 西安文理学院信息工程学院,
陕西西安710065; 3. 陕西省智能协同网络军民共建重点实验室, 陕西西安710048) 摘要 …