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Deep space optical communications /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: John Wiley & Sons
Other Authors: Hemmati, Hamid, 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2006]
Series:Deep-space communications and navigation series.
Subjects:
Astronautics > Optical communication systems.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Motivation for increased communications
  • History of JPL optical communications activities
  • Component/subsystem technologies
  • Flight terminal developments
  • Reception system and network studies
  • Atmospheric transmission
  • Background studies
  • Analysis tools
  • System-level studies
  • System-level demonstrations
  • Other telecommunication functions
  • The future
  • Mars laser communication demonstration
  • Link and system design / by Chien-Chung Chen
  • Overview of deep-space lasercom link
  • Communications link design
  • Beam pointing and tracking
  • Other design drivers and considerations
  • The atmospheric channel / by Abhijit Biswas and Sabino Piazzolla
  • Cloud coverage statistics
  • Atmospheric transmittance and sky radiance
  • Atmospheric issues on ground telescope site selection for an optical deep space network
  • Laser propagation through the turbulent atmosphere
  • Optical modulation and coding / by Samuel J. Dolinar ... [et al.]
  • Statistical models for the detected optical field
  • Modulation formats
  • Rate limits imposed by constraints on modulation
  • Performance of uncoded optical modulations
  • Optical channel capacity
  • Channel codes for optical modulations
  • Performance of coded optical modulations
  • Flight transceiver / by Hamid Hemmati ... [et al.]
  • Optomechanical subsystem / by Hamid Hemmati
  • Laser transmitter / by Hamid Hemmati
  • Deep-space acquisition, tracking, and pointing / by Gerardo G. Ortiz and Shinhak Lee
  • Flight qualification / by Hamid Hemmati, William T. Roberts, and Malcolm W. Wright
  • Earth terminal architectures / by Keith E. Wilson ... [et al.]
  • Photodetectors
  • Receiver electronics / by Andrew A. Gray, Victor A. Vilnrotter, and Meera Srinivasan
  • Future prospects and applications / by Hamid Hemmati and Abhijit Biswas
  • Current and upcoming projects in the United States, Europe, and Japan
  • Airborne and spaceborne receivers
  • Light science.