A Survey of Free Space Optical Communications in Satellites

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Hall, Stephen
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Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established in 1931, with a name change in 1962 to the School of Aerospace Engineering
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Free space optical (FSO) communications is an up and coming set of technologies that promises significantly higher data rates at lower size, weight, and power than currently achievable by RF communications. FSO communications in satellites has been a subject of research for decades. It is strongly believed that FSO communications will be incorporated in next generation communications relay satellites and that FSO communications will enable new types of interplanetary missions previously infeasible due to bandwidth or power restrictions. FSO technologies are becoming mature enough to be fielded for use and represent a complex trade space of new components and technologies. This paper presents an overview of concepts in satellite FSO communications including deep space communica tions, pointing, cloud coverage, modulation, and detection, and discusses the current devices and technologies that enable FSO communications.
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2020-03-05
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