Research Catalog

Title

Free-space laser communication technologies VIII : 30-31 January 1996, San Jose, California / G. Stephen Mecherle, chair/editor ; sponsored and published by SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering.

Publication

Bellingham, Wash., USA : SPIE, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Mecherle, G. Stephen.
• Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Description

ix, 340 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

SPIE proceedings series ; v. 2699

Uniform Title

Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering ; v. 2699.

Subjects

• Laser communication systems > Congresses
• Astronautics > Optical communication systems > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Commercial opportunities, versus government programs, will likely drive the future of laser communications / J. E. Freidell -- Global satellite communication network using double-layered inclined-orbit constellation with optical intersatellite links / K. Kimura, K. Inagaki and Y. Karasawa -- Proposed near-term, 1-Gbps space laser communications demonstration system / D. L. Begley, W. Casey, M. L. Kahn, R. G. Marshalek, E. J. Korevaar, D. K. Paul, J. E. Freidell, G. S. Mecherle and S. H. Bloom -- Analog link design / J. E. Kaufmann -- Performance evaluation of laser communication equipment onboard the ETS-VI satellite / K. Araki, Y. Arimoto, M. Shikatani, M. Toyoda, M. Toyoshima, T. Takahashi, S. Kanda and K. Shiratama -- Results of 150-km, 1-Gbps lasercom validation experiment using aircraft motion simulator / V. J. Chan and S. H. Bloom -- Ground-to-ETS-VI narrow laser beam transmission / M. Toyoda, M. Toyoshima, T. Takahashi, M. Shikatani, Y. Arimoto, K. Araki and T. Aruga --
• Pointing, acquisition, and tracking demonstration system for laser communications / T. H. Ebben, C. C. Varner, K. A. Parrish, R. G. Marshalek and D. L. Begley -- Measurements of background noise from the earth surface using the ETS-VI/LCE / M. Toyoshima, T. Fukazawa, M. Toyoda, M. Shikatani, T. Takahashi, K. Araki, Y. Arimoto and T. Aruga -- Terrestrial laser communication link at 1.3 [mu]m with quadrature amplitude modulation / P. R. Barbier, P. Polak-Dingels, D. W. Rush, D. M. Rosser, G. L. Burdge and R. W. Barnett -- Engineering model test of LUCE (Laser Utilizing Communications Equipment) / K. Nakagawa and A. Yamamoto -- Preliminary results of the Ground/Orbiter Lasercom Demonstration experiment between Table Mountain and the ETS-VI satellite / K. E. Wilson, J. R. Lesh, K. Araki and Y. Arimoto -- System-level comparison of optical and rf technologies for space-to-space and space-to-ground communication links circa 2000 / R. G. Marshalek, G. S. Mecherle and P. Jordan --
• Comparative study of optical and rf communication systems for a Mars mission / H. Hemmati, K. E. Wilson, M. Sue, D. L. Rascoe, F. Lansing, M. D. Wilhelm, L. Harcke and C. Chen -- 980-nm semiconductor optical preamplifier direct-detection receiver / P. J. S. Heim, M. Dagenais, M. A. Krainak and R. P. Leavitt -- New avalanche device with an ability of few-photon light pulse detection in analog mode / D. A. Shushakov and V. E. Shubin -- Prototype of a coherent tracking and detection receiver with wideband vibration compensation for free-space laser communications / D. Giggenbach, A. Schex and B. Wandernoth -- Relay mirror experiment / D. L. Begley -- Preliminary tracking performance of the STRV-2 lasercom transceiver / R. Ruigrok, P. Adhikari and R. Stieger -- Ultrahigh-speed optical beam steering by optical phased array antenna / K. Inagaki and Y. Karasawa --
• Simulation and optimization of a coherent detection and tracking receiver for free-space laser communications / A. Schex and S. Zanner -- Optomechanical design of STRV-2 lasercom transceiver using novel azimuth/slant gimbal / J. J. Schuster, H. Hakakha and E. J. Korevaar -- Performance evaluation of a liquid crystal beam-steering/beam-spoiling device developed for space communication applications / B. Wandernoth and P. J. Oleski -- High-power Nd-doped doubled-clad fiber amplifier at 1.06 [mu]m / T. Miyazaki, K. Inagaki, Y. Karasawa and M. Yoshida -- High-power optical amplifier for optical interorbit communications / T. Araki, Y. Hisada and Y. Tajima -- Optical telecommunications: performance of the protoflight model SILEX beacon / M. Renard, P. J. Dobie, C. Grodent, P. Woszczyk and A. Sobeczko -- Combination of a new semianalytic line code and a convolutional FEC code for free-space optical communications / C. Rapp --
• Radiation-induced loss studies in Er-doped fiber amplifier systems / W. C. Goltsos -- Laser communication component technologies: database, status, and trends / H. Hemmati -- Performance of a multiple-aperture optical system / A. M. Belmonte, A. Comeron, J. Bara, J. A. Rubio, E. Fernandez and P. Menendez-Valdes -- Free-space satellite optical communication: adaptive information bandwidth to maintain constant bit error rate during periods of high satellite vibration amplitudes / S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika.

ISBN

0819420735

LCCN

95072294

OCLC

ocm34877599

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Columbia University Libraries