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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688906
