Dr. Dirk Giggenbach Profile

Dr. Dirk Giggenbach

Scientist at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt eV

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper

Generation and statistics of time series of received power for ground-to-space laser links

Marcus Knopp, Andrea Carrillo-Flores, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 12877, 128771L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000439

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Transmitters, Receivers, Free space optics, Signal detection, Scintillation, Sensors, Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric optics, Standards development, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

Transmitter beam bias verification for optical satellite data downlinks with open-loop pointing – the 3-OGS-experiment

Dirk Giggenbach, Petro Karafillis, Sabine Klinkner, Jonas Rittershofer, Andreas Immerz, Andreas Spoerl, Steffen Gaisser, Marcus Knopp

Proceedings Volume 12777, 127770X (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2689023

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Cameras, Astronomical imaging, Transmitters, Stars, Signal intensity, Telescopes, Receivers, Sensors, Infrared cameras

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

Effects of pointing errors on intensity losses in the optical LEO uplink

Dirk Giggenbach, Marcus Knopp, Amita Shrestha, Andrea Carrillo-Flores, Davide Orsucci

Proceedings Volume 12777, 127775U (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2691100

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Beam divergence, Signal intensity, Error analysis, Receivers, Astronomical imaging, Free space optics, Signal attenuation, Satellite communications, Data communications

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Proceedings Article | 26 October 2022 Presentation + Paper

Analysis of power scintillation and fading margin in the LEO-ground downlink with the OSIRISv1 laser terminal on Flying Laptop and the DLR optical ground station Oberpfaffenhofen

Florian Moll, Christian Fuchs, Christopher Schmidt, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 12266, 122660F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647830

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Satellites, Telescopes, Statistical analysis, Satellite communications, Atmospheric propagation, Analytical research, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

Optical bench development for laser communication OSIRIS mission at Grasse (France) station

Clement Courde, Hervé Mariey, Eric Aristidi, Dirk Giggenbach, Steffen Gaißer, Duy-Ha Phung, Etienne Samain, Julien Chabé, Nicolas Maurice, Géraldine Artaud, Aziz Ziad, Christophe Giordano, Christian Fuchs, Christian Schmidt, Sabine Klinker

Proceedings Volume 11852, 118522B (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599371

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2020 Presentation + Paper

Implementation of variable data rates in transceiver for free-space optical LEO to ground link

Jorge Pacheco-Labrador, Amita Shrestha, Julio Cesar Ramirez Molina, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 11532, 115320J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574390

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Transceivers, Free space, Telecommunications, Data communications, Satellites, Data acquisition, Transmitters, Field programmable gate arrays, Satellite communications

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Paper

Update on DLR's OSIRIS program and first results of OSIRISv1 on Flying Laptop

Florian Moll, Benjamin Rödiger, Michael Lengowski, Dirk Giggenbach, Jonas Keim, Christian Fuchs, Christopher Schmidt, Steffen Gaißer

Proceedings Volume 10910, 109100S (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514349

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Satellite communications, Cameras, Collimators, Telecommunications, Optical tracking, Optical communications, Data communications, Optical amplifiers, Navigation systems

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Transmitter diversity based on phase-division

Christian Fuchs, Dirk Giggenbach, Ramon Mata Calvo, Werner Rosenkranz

Proceedings Volume 10910, 1091018 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2511636

KEYWORDS: Telecommunications, Phase shift keying, Receivers, Modulation, Phase modulation, RF communications, Satellite communications, Atmospheric optics, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 9 October 2018 Presentation + Paper

Laboratory demonstration of optimizing optical single sideband scheme to increase spectral efficiency in optical geostationary satellite feeder links

Dirk Giggenbach, Juraj Poliak, Stephan ten Brink, Ahmad Mustafa

Proceedings Volume 10787, 107870S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325737

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Modulation, Transmitters, Signal detection, Satellites, Atmospheric propagation, Free space optics, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2017 Open Access

system aspects of optical LEO-to-ground links

C. Fuchs, C. Schmidt, F. Moll, D. Giggenbach, A. Shrestha

Proceedings Volume 10562, 105625N (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296054

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Satellites, Signal attenuation, Atmospheric optics, Modulation, Scintillation, Astronomical imaging, Data communications, Sensors, Free space optics

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

Laser guide stars for optical free-space communications

Ramon Mata-Calvo, Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Ricardo Barrios, Mauro Centrone, Dirk Giggenbach, Gianluca Lombardi, Peter Becker, Igor Zayer

Proceedings Volume 10096, 100960R (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256666

KEYWORDS: Laser guide stars, Free space optics, Optical communications, Data communications, Free space optical communications, Aerospace engineering, Observatories, Astronomical imaging, Atmospheric turbulence, Scintillation, Telescopes, Stars, Signal to noise ratio, Turbulence, Digital filtering, Receivers, Satellite communications, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 2016 Presentation + Paper

Fading testbed for free-space optical communications

Dirk Giggenbach, Julio Ramirez, Jorge Pacheco-Labrador, Fabian Rein, Ahmad Mustafa, Amita Shrestha

Proceedings Volume 9991, 999105 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239111

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Free space optical communications, Optical testing, Channel projecting optics, Photodetectors, Calibration, Transmitters, Photovoltaics, Sensors, Signal generators

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2016 Paper

Fiber coupling and field mixing of coherent free-space optical beams in satellite communications

R. Mata Calvo, D. Bok, J. Poliak, D. Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 9739, 973913 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212218

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Telecommunications, Fiber couplers, Atmospheric optics, Satellite communications, Optical fibers, Multimode fibers, Satellites, Atmospheric turbulence, Free space optical communications, Polarization, Receivers, Single mode fibers, Atmospheric propagation

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Proceedings Article | 29 October 2015 Paper

Preliminary results of Terabit-per-second long-range free-space optical transmission Experiment THRUST

D. Giggenbach, J. Poliak, R. Mata-Calvo, C. Fuchs, N. Perlot, R. Freund, T. Richter

Proceedings Volume 9647, 96470H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193902

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Receivers, Satellites, Turbulence, Dense wavelength division multiplexing, Scintillation, Free space optics, Telecommunications, Telescopes, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 17 October 2014 Paper

Channel modelling for free-space optical inter-HAP links using adaptive ARQ transmission

S. Parthasarathy, D. Giggenbach, A. Kirstädter

Proceedings Volume 9248, 92480Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067195

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Automatic repeat request, Scintillation, Error analysis, Receivers, Telecommunications, Channel projecting optics, Atmospheric modeling, Transmitters, Modeling

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2014 Paper

Transmitter diversity verification on ARTEMIS geostationary satellite

Ramon Mata Calvo, Peter Becker, Dirk Giggenbach, Florian Moll, Malte Schwarzer, Martin Hinz, Zoran Sodnik

Proceedings Volume 8971, 897104 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036554

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Transmitters, Scintillation, Turbulence, Visibility, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Beam splitters, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2014 Paper

Channel characterization for air-to-ground free-space optical communication links

Kevin Shortt, Dirk Giggenbach, Ramon Mata-Calvo, Florian Moll, Christian Fuchs, Christopher Schmidt, Joachim Horwath, Jack Yeh, Vevek Selvaraj, Ranjoy Banerjee

Proceedings Volume 8971, 897108 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039834

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Imaging systems, Optical communications, Telecommunications, Space telescopes, PIN photodiodes, Free space optical communications, Measurement devices

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2009 Paper

Mobile optical high-speed data links with small terminals

D. Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 7480, 74800I (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831141

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Satellites, Signal attenuation, Sensors, Scintillation, Free space optics, Receivers, Fourier transforms, Telescopes, Data communications

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

Optical data downlinks from Earth observation platforms

M. Knapek, J. Horwath, D. Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 7199, 719903 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.811152

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Adaptive optics, Satellites, Atmospheric optics, Clouds, Forward error correction, Receivers, Fourier transforms, Data communications, Telecommunications

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 June 2008

Errata: Fading-loss assessment in atmospheric free-space optical communication links with on-off keying

Dirk Giggenbach, Hennes Henniger

OE, Vol. 47, Issue 06, 069801, (June 2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.2951952

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 April 2008

Fading-loss assessment in atmospheric free-space optical communication links with on-off keying

Dirk Giggenbach, Hennes Henniger

OE, Vol. 47, Issue 04, 046001, (April 2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.2903095

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Receivers, Free space optics, Turbulence, Spherical lenses, Atmospheric optics, Telecommunications, Atmospheric propagation, Signal attenuation, Optical engineering

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2007 Paper

Fiberbundle receiver: a new concept for high-speed and high-sensitivity tracking in optical transceivers

Christian Fuchs, Dirk Giggenbach, Hennes Henniger

Proceedings Volume 6709, 67090V (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732633

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mirrors, Receivers, Transceivers, Free space optics, Optical tracking, Control systems, Optical design, Free space optical communications, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2007 Paper

Optical high-capacity satellite downlinks via high-altitude platform relays

Bernd Epple, Nicolas Courville, Joachim Horwath, Florian Moll, Dirk Giggenbach, Markus Knapek, Hermann Bischl

Proceedings Volume 6709, 67090E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734053

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Medium wave, Relays, Clouds, Antennas, Microwave radiation, Modulation, Satellite communications, Atmospheric optics, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 13 February 2007 Paper

Tracking and pointing characteristics of OICETS optical terminal in communication demonstrations with ground stations

Yoshihisa Takayama, Morio Toyoshima, Markus Knapek, Nicolas Perlot, Takashi Jono, Hiroo Kunimori, Koichi Shiratama, Katsuyoshi Arai, Dirk Giggenbach, Junya Abe

Proceedings Volume 6457, 645707 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708417

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Optical antennas, Optical communications, Optical tracking, Satellites, Laser communications, Aerospace engineering, Satellite communications, Communication engineering, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 12 February 2007 Paper

Results of the optical downlink experiment KIODO from OICETS satellite to optical ground station Oberpfaffenhofen (OGS-OP)

Y. Takayama, D. Giggenbach, N. Perlot, J. Horwath, M. Knapek, T. Jono, M. Brechtelsbauer

Proceedings Volume 6457, 645704 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708413

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Satellites, Telescopes, Cameras, Clouds, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Aerospace engineering, Optical testing, Free space optical communications

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Proceedings Article | 12 February 2007 Paper

Overview of the inter-orbit and the orbit-to-ground laser communication demonstration by OICETS

Koichi Shiratama, Hiroo Kunimori, Morio Toyoshima, Nicolas Perlot, Benoit Demelenne, Katsuyoshi Arai, Ichiro Mase, Zoran Sodnik, Markus Knapek, Dirk Giggenbach, Yoshihisa Takayama, Takashi Jono, Aneurin Bird

Proceedings Volume 6457, 645702 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708864

KEYWORDS: Laser communications, Satellites, Sensors, Satellite communications, Telecommunications, Data communications, Optical tracking, Optical communications, Data centers, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2006 Paper

Wavelength-diversity transmission for fading mitigation in the atmospheric optical communication channel

Hennes Henniger, Brandon Wilkerson, Nicolas Perlot, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 6304, 63041H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680924

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Refraction, Optical communications, Atmospheric modeling, Free space optical communications, Semiconductor lasers, Transmitters, Numerical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2006 Paper

Measurements of the beam-wave fluctuations over a 142 km atmospheric path

K. Zettl, D. Giggenbach, M. Knapek, N. Perlot, H. Henniger, J. Horwath

Proceedings Volume 6304, 63041O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681207

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Receivers, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Lanthanum, Transmitters, Atmospheric optics, Wavefront distortions, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2006 Paper

Concepts for fast acquisition in optical communications systems

Bernhard Epple, Brandon Wilkerson, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 6304, 63040A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680487

KEYWORDS: Telecommunications, Satellite navigation systems, Optical communications, Receivers, Optical coherence tomography, Antennas, Navigation systems, Satellites, Global Positioning System, Acquisition tracking and pointing

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Proceedings Article | 1 March 2006 Paper

142 km, 5.625 Gbps free-space optical link based on homodyne BPSK modulation

Dirk Giggenbach, Robert Lange, Bernhard Wandernoth, Reinhard Czichy, Berry Smutny

Proceedings Volume 6105, 61050A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673749

KEYWORDS: Homodyne detection, Free space optics, Receivers, Atmospheric optics, Transmitters, Modulation, Laser communications, Telescopes, Satellites, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2005 Paper

Evaluation of optical up- and downlinks from high altitude platforms using IM/DD

Joachim Horwath, Dirk Giggenbach, Christoph Rapp, Hennes Henniger

Proceedings Volume 5712, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.600803

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Receivers, Signal attenuation, Scattering, Absorption, Particles, Fiber optic gyroscopes, Atmospheric particles, Refractive index, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2004 Paper

Numerical simulations of beam propagation through optical turbulence for high-altitude platform crosslinks

Ralf Jungling, Nicolas Perlot, Dirk Giggenbach, Joachim Horwath

Proceedings Volume 5338, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529282

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Receivers, Turbulence, Computer simulations, Scintillation, Picosecond phenomena, Beam propagation method, Optical simulations, Numerical simulations, Matrices

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 2003 Paper

Evaluation of FEC for the atmospheric optical IM/DD channel

Florian David, Hennes Henniger, Dirk Giggenbach, Christoph Rapp

Proceedings Volume 4975, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478931

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Channel projecting optics, Forward error correction, Receivers, Monte Carlo methods, Data modeling, Telecommunications, Transmitters, Aerospace engineering, Data communications

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 2003 Paper

Overview of the FASOLT experiment and final results

Edgar Fischer, Joachim Horwath, Robert Buschner, Dirk Giggenbach, Rainer Landrock, Florian David, Klaus Pribil, Detlev Blaschke

Proceedings Volume 4975, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478930

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Scintillation, Receivers, Refraction, Signal attenuation, Data communications, Optical testing, Free space optics, Data transmission, Visibility

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 2003 Paper

Multiple-wavelength free-space laser communications

Florian David, Robert Purvinskis, Hennes Henniger, Dirk Giggenbach, Nicolas Perlot

Proceedings Volume 4975, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478932

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Turbulence, Free space optical communications, Wave propagation, Receivers, Optical simulations, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric particles, Absorption, Refraction

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Proceedings Article | 30 April 2003 Paper

Discussion of the direct detection Rx-power distribution as derived from intensity statistics and comparison with measurements

Florian David, Nicolas Perlot, Hermann Bischl, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 4976, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479203

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Atmospheric propagation, Receivers, Convolution, Data modeling, Stochastic processes, Laser beam propagation, Spherical lenses, Turbulence, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 30 April 2003 Paper

Long-term near-ground optical scintillation measurements

Hennes Henniger, Dirk Giggenbach, Florian David

Proceedings Volume 4976, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479202

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Free space optics, Meteorology, Receivers, Atmospheric scintillation, Atmospheric propagation, Optical testing, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2002 Paper

Preliminary results of a 61km ground-to-ground optical IM/DD data transmission experiment

Florian David, Edgar Fischer, Robert Buschner, Klaus Pribil, Dirk Giggenbach, Rainer Landrock, Detlev Blaschke

Proceedings Volume 4635, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464094

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Transmitters, Video, Receivers, Scintillation, Diodes, Free space optics, Data transmission, Data modeling, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2002 Paper

Measurements at a 61-km near-ground optical transmission channel

Klaus Pribil, Edgar Fischer, Rainer Landrock, Florian David, Detlev Blaschke, Dirk Giggenbach, Robert Buschner

Proceedings Volume 4635, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464089

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Turbulence, Scintillation, Transmitters, Atmospheric propagation, Telescopes, Transmittance, Atmospheric optics, Aerospace engineering, Data transmission

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 2000 Paper

Wavefront measurements at ESA's Optical Ground Station and simulation of heterodyne receiver performance

Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 3932, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384320

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Heterodyning, Receivers, Atmospheric optics, Telescopes, Sensors, Speckle pattern, Space telescopes, Free space optics, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 1998 Paper

Simulation, hardware realization, and performance evaluation of a miniaturized optical satellite-link terminal with a combined acquistion, tracking, and data reception optical receiver head

Marcus Schulthess, Ewald Effinger, Christoph Rapp, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 3232, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.301025

KEYWORDS: Homodyne detection, Optical tracking, Receivers, Head, Satellites, Data transmission, Electronics, Signal processing, Data acquisition, Acquisition tracking and pointing

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 1997 Paper

Design of an optical fiber amplifier with multiple serial pumping for space communications

Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 3110, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281358

KEYWORDS: Signal attenuation, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Absorption, Optical fibers, Cladding, Optical design, Fiber optic communications, Silicon, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 1996 Paper

Prototype of a coherent tracking and detection receiver with wideband vibration compensation for free-space laser communications

Dirk Giggenbach, Anton Schex, Bernhard Wandernoth

Proceedings Volume 2699, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238411

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Signal detection, Sensors, Heterodyning, Optical tracking, Optical fibers, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 1995 Paper

Design of a compact semiconductor laser wind sensor

Andreas Keipert, Dirk Giggenbach

Proceedings Volume 2505, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219637

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Semiconductor lasers, LIDAR, Oscillators, Laser development, Doppler effect, Fiber optics sensors, Fiber couplers, Remote sensing, Laser applications

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