Acquisition in short-range free-space optical communication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4873, Issue , 2002, Pages 121-132

  Wang, Jin ^a,b   Kahn, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cory Hall #1772 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Free space; Minimization; Optical communication; Short range

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DECODING; OPTICAL LINKS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTIMUM BEAM PROFILE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038756058     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455523     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. I. M. Teplyakov, "Acquisition and tracking of laser beams in space communications", Acta Astronautics 7, pp. 341-355, 1980.
2. Robert M. Gagliardi and Sherman Karp, Optical Communications, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1976.
3. J. M. Lopez, K. Yong, "Acquisition, tracking, and fine pointing control of space-based laser communication system", in Control and Communication Technology in Laser Systems, Proc. SPIE, Kay Yong, ed., 295, pp. 100-114,1981.
4. Stephen G. Lambert and William L. Casey, Laser Communications in Space, Artech House, Boston, MA, 1995.
5. E.S.Clarke, H.D.Brixey, "Acquisition and tracking system for a ground-based laser communication receiver terminal", in Control and Communication Technology in Laser Systems, Proc. SPIE, Kay Yong, ed., 295, pp. 162-169, 1981.
6. R.B.Deadrick, "Design and performance of a satellite laser communications pointing system", Advances in Astronautical Sciences 57, pp. 155-166, 1985.
7. Michael Scheinfeild et al., "Acquisition system for microsatellites laser communication in space", in Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XII, Proc. SPIE, G. Stephen Mecherle, ed., 3932, pp. 166-175,2000.
8. Amnon Yariv, Introduction to Optical Electronics, Second Edition, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976.
9. Jin Wang and J.M. Kahn, "Minimization of acquisition time in short-range free-space optical communication", submitted to Applied Optics.
10. John G. Proakis, Digital Communications, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995.
11. P. Djahani and J.M. Kahn, "Analysis of Infrared Wireless Links Employing Multi-Beam Transmitters and Imaging Diversity Receivers", IEEE Trans. on Commun. 48, pp. 2077-2088, 2000.
12. Arnold L. Bloom, Gas Lasers, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1968.
13. Bahaa E.A. Saleh, M.C.Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991.