30-dB data rate improvement for interplanetary laser communication

H. Hemmati; A. Biswas; D. M. Boroson

doi:10.1117/12.767696

20 February 2008 30-dB data rate improvement for interplanetary laser communication

H. Hemmati, A. Biswas, D. M. Boroson

Proceedings Volume 6877, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XX; 687707 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767696
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Research toward returning high-rate data from deep-space using laser communications has been ongoing for nearly thirty years. Recently the Mars Laser Communication Demonstration (MLCD) Project completed the preliminary design of a system that would have allowed communicating at 1-Mb/s from Mars farthest range and at 30-Mb/s from the closest Mars range. In this paper we propose link improvements based on increased efficiencies and low-risk design modifications that will allow realizing a 30-dB improvement in return data rates from the farthest Mars range by the 2020 time frame.

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H. Hemmati, A. Biswas, and D. M. Boroson "30-dB data rate improvement for interplanetary laser communication", Proc. SPIE 6877, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XX, 687707 (20 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767696

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