• DocumentCode
    1771849
  • Title

    A receiver for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration using the optical communications telescope laboratory

  • Author

    Shaw, Matthew D. ; Birnbaum, K. ; Cheng, Ming ; Srinivasan, M. ; Quirk, K. ; Kovalik, J. ; Biswas, Arijit ; Beyer, A. ; Marsili, Francesco ; Verma, V.B. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, S.W. ; Stern, J.A. ; Farr, W.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We discuss the design and implementation of a receiver for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration based on a 12-pixel array of tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. The receiver was used to close a software communication link from lunar orbit at 39 and 79 Mbps.
  • Keywords
    astronomical telescopes; nanowires; superconducting photodetectors; lunar laser communication; optical communications telescope laboratory; software communication link; tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single photon detectors; Arrays; Assembly; Detectors; Moon; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989637
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1771849