Title :
Laser communications: From terrestrial broadband to deep-space
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
In response to an ever increasing demand for higher bandwidth, the free space optical (laser) communications technology has now matured to the point that is has commenced commercial use in Earth orbit at multi-Gb/s data-rates, and is on the verge of being demonstrated for the first time from other planets. This technology has long been used in terrestrial multi Gb/s data-rate links. The talk will provide an overview of state-of-the-art in technology implemented in terrestrial broadband links, and spacecraft telecommunications from near-Earth to deep space at unprecedented data-rates.
Keywords :
Earth orbit; broadband networks; optical communication; space communication links; space vehicles; Earth orbit; deep-space terrestrial broadband link; free space optical communication technology; laser communication; spacecraft telecommunication; terrestrial multiGb/s data-rate link; Detectors; Laser beams; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Receivers; Space vehicles; Telescopes; optical communications with spacecraft; satellite laser communications;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876266
