Bandwidth maximization for satellite laser communication

Arnon Shlomi; Stanley R. Rotman; Norman S. Kopeika

doi:10.1117/12.326694

13 October 1998 Bandwidth maximization for satellite laser communication

Arnon Shlomi, Stanley R. Rotman, Norman S. Kopeika

Proceedings Volume 3440, Photonics for Space Environments VI; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326694
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Free space optical communication between satellites networked together can make possible high speed communication between different places on earth. The basic free space optical communication network includes at least two satellites. In order to communicate between them, the transmitter satellite must track the beacon of the receiver satellite and point the information optical beam in its direction. The pointing systems for laser satellite communication suffer during tracking from vibration due to electronic noise, background radiation from interstellar objects such as sun, moon, earth and stars in the tracking field of view, and mechanical impact from satellite internal and external sources. Due to vibrations the receiver receives less power. This effect limits the system bandwidth for given bit error rate. In this research we derive an algorithm to maximize the communication system bandwidth using the transmitter telescope gain as a free variable based on the vibration statistics model and the system parameters. Our model makes it possible to adapt the bandwidth and transmitter gain to change of vibration amplitude. We also present an example of a practical satellite network which includes a direct detection receiver with an optical amplifier. A bandwidth improvement of three orders of magnitude is achieved in this example for certain conditions, as compared to an unoptimized system.

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Arnon Shlomi, Stanley R. Rotman, and Norman S. Kopeika "Bandwidth maximization for satellite laser communication", Proc. SPIE 3440, Photonics for Space Environments VI, (13 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326694

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