Laser communications: From terrestrial broadband to deep-space

Author

Hemmati, Hadi

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876266

Filename

6876266