• DocumentCode
    1576252
  • Title

    Experimental emulation of air-to-space laser communication links

  • Author

    Roth, Jeffrey M. ; Murphy, Robert J. ; Wilcox, William E. ; Conrad, Ross A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    886
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an experimental emulator for evaluating pointing, acquisition, and tracking performance of laser communication systems. Results show the ability to assess the performance impact from a wide range of impairments relevant to air-to-space links.
  • Keywords
    optical links; performance evaluation; acquisition; air-to-space laser communication links; emulator; pointing; tracking; Adaptive optics; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Emulation; Fading; Fiber lasers; Jitter; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688906
  • Filename
    4688906
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1576252