Title :
Optical Communications Data Transfer from Venus
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
Abstract :
A design study for an optical communications link from Venus to the Earth is described. It is shown that 4.0 Mbps data can be returned over such a link with only 0.5 Watts of laser power.
Keywords :
Adaptive optics; Earth; Laser radar; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power lasers; Space vehicles; Telescopes; Venus;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1984. MILCOM 1984. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1984.4795008
