Title :
Analysis of telescope arrays based receiver for deep-space optical communications with Mars
Author :
Hashmi, A. ; Eftekhar, A.A. ; Adibi, A. ; Amoozegar, F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of ECE, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Telescope arrays receivers are analyzed for deep-space optical communications between Earth and Mars. It is shown that data rates up to 14 M bits/sec are possible when Mars is at the farthest range from the Earth.
Keywords :
Earth; Mars; antenna arrays; optical receivers; radiotelescopes; space communication links; Earth; Mars; deep-space optical communications; telescope arrays based receiver; Apertures; Earth; Mars; Optical arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical receivers; Propagation losses; Space technology; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343429
