Title :
Inertial sensor assisted acquisition, tracking, and pointing for high data rate free space optical communications
Author :
Lee, Shinhak ; Ortiz, Gerry G.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We discuss use of inertial sensors to facilitate deep space optical communications. Implementation of this concept requires accurate and wide bandwidth inertial sensors. In this presentation, the principal concept and algorithm using linear accelerometers will be given along with the simulation and experimental results.
Keywords :
accelerometers; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical tracking; space communication links; vibration measurement; deep space optical communications; free space optical communications; high data rate optical communications; inertial sensor; linear accelerometers; optical data acquisition; optical tracking; precision beam pointing; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Laboratories; Noise figure; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Propulsion; Space technology; Vibration measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251613
