• DocumentCode
    3624697
  • Title

    Satellite-Terrestrial (Earth) Station Optical Communication

  • Author

    Radek Kvicala;Martin Hampl;Petr Kucera

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Radio Electronics, Faculty of electrical engineering and communication, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 612 00 Czech Republic, e-mail: xkvica00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Lastpage
    85
  • Abstract
    The paper demonstrates the computation (design) of the laser beam power distribution emitted by Amsat P3D-like satellite towards the Earth surface. Amsat P3D satellite carries a laser transmitter which is used for laser signal detection research. The evaluation of the similar links availability based on the stationary FSO link parameters is presented. The special receiver, which utilizes an APD photodiode, was developed. This receiver operates in the photon counter mode. Special concept of the receiver provides detection of extremely low-level signal. The contribution includes the presentation of the performance of the receiver and its noise analysis as well.
  • Keywords
    "Satellite ground stations","Optical fiber communication","Surface emitting lasers","Optical receivers","Laser modes","Distributed computing","Optical design","Power lasers","Laser beams","Power distribution"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Northern Optics, 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    14244-0435-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NO.2006.348379
  • Filename
    4155575