The DLR ground station in the optical payload experiment (STROPEX): results of the atmospheric measurement instruments

Markus Knapek; Joachim Horwath; Nicolas Perlot; Brandon Wilkerson

doi:10.1117/12.679004

1 September 2006 The DLR ground station in the optical payload experiment (STROPEX): results of the atmospheric measurement instruments

Markus Knapek, Joachim Horwath, Nicolas Perlot, Brandon Wilkerson

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Proceedings Volume 6304, Free-Space Laser Communications VI; 63041U (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679004
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Optical communication at 1.25Gbps was successfully demonstrated in a downlink from a stratospheric balloon platform at 22km altitude to a Transportable Optical Ground Station. The experiments took place at ESRANGE, Kiruna, Sweden in August 2005. In addition to optical communications, several atmospheric measurement instruments (Differential Image Motion Monitor, Turbulence Profiler) were used to study the influence of atmospheric turbulence on the optical link. A description of the measurement instruments is given and results of the turbulence instruments (Fried parameter r₀, C_n² profile) are presented.

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Markus Knapek, Joachim Horwath, Nicolas Perlot, and Brandon Wilkerson "The DLR ground station in the optical payload experiment (STROPEX): results of the atmospheric measurement instruments", Proc. SPIE 6304, Free-Space Laser Communications VI, 63041U (1 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679004

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