Experimental Performance Of An Acquisition Subsystem For Free-Space Laser Communication

T . H. Ebben; R. G. Marshalek; R. J. Smith; P. W. Scott

doi:10.1117/12.951703

2 June 1989 Experimental Performance Of An Acquisition Subsystem For Free-Space Laser Communication

T . H. Ebben, R. G. Marshalek, R. J. Smith, P. W. Scott

Proceedings Volume 1059, Space Sensing, Communications, and Networking; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951703
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes theoretical background and experimental results of an acquisition scheme for free-space laser communications. Mutual acquisition between two optical intersatellite terminals was simulated in a laboratory environment, and statistical results obtained on subsystem performance. Results show that the selected algorithm provides fast (several seconds in a flight system) acquisition with a high probability, and analysis shows the algorithm to be capable of such performance in the presence of a sunlit-Earth background.

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T . H. Ebben, R. G. Marshalek, R. J. Smith, and P. W. Scott "Experimental Performance Of An Acquisition Subsystem For Free-Space Laser Communication", Proc. SPIE 1059, Space Sensing, Communications, and Networking, (2 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951703

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