Adaptive optics and ESA's optical ground station

Zoran Sodnik; Josep Perdigues Armengol; Reinhard H. Czichy; Rolf Meyer

doi:10.1117/12.826163

21 August 2009 Adaptive optics and ESA's optical ground station

Zoran Sodnik, Josep Perdigues Armengol, Reinhard H. Czichy, Rolf Meyer

Proceedings Volume 7464, Free-Space Laser Communications IX; 746406 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826163
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of optical communication activities performed by ESA in international and European intersatellite and satellite-to-ground link experiments and describes the evolution of laser communication technology. It introduces the design of a compact and high-speed adaptive optics system specific for laser communication, which - after testing in ESA's optical ground station (OGS) - will be implemented in small ground-based optical receiver stations for Earth observation satellite data. Finally, a novel homodyne BPSK detection scheme is presented, which may become an enabling technology for short distance coherent transmission through atmospheric turbulence.

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Zoran Sodnik, Josep Perdigues Armengol, Reinhard H. Czichy, and Rolf Meyer "Adaptive optics and ESA's optical ground station", Proc. SPIE 7464, Free-Space Laser Communications IX, 746406 (21 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826163

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