Title :
A multimode fiber-coupled photon-counting optical receiver for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration
Author :
Grein, Matthew E. ; Shatrovoy, Oleg ; Murphy, Daniel V. ; Robinson, Brian S. ; Boroson, Don M.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We designed and successfully demonstrated a multimode fiber-coupled photon-counting optical receiver at 1550 nm for the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration that achieves low coupling loss through atmospheric turbulence without requiring adaptive optics.
Keywords :
atmospheric turbulence; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; planetary atmospheres; atmospheric turbulence; low coupling loss; lunar laser communication demonstration; multimode fiber-coupled photon-counting optical receiver; Couplings; Moon; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
