DocumentCode
491059
Title
Optical Communications Data Transfer from Venus
Author
Lesh, James R.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
Volume
2
fYear
1984
fDate
21-24 Oct. 1984
Firstpage
263
Lastpage
265
Abstract
A design study for an optical communications link from Venus to the Earth is described. It is shown that 4.0 Mbps data can be returned over such a link with only 0.5 Watts of laser power.
Keywords
Adaptive optics; Earth; Laser radar; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power lasers; Space vehicles; Telescopes; Venus;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Military Communications Conference, 1984. MILCOM 1984. IEEE
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MILCOM.1984.4795008
Filename
4795008
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