Mr. Michael C. Butterfield Profile

Michael C. Butterfield

Principal Fellow

Area of Expertise:

Optical Systems Engineering , Modeling and Simulation , Remote Sensing

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Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Connecting the warfighter with lasers in space: the space development agency and the optical communications terminal standard

David Wayne, Stephanos Rahimzadeh, Nick Cote, Daniel Kepler, Michael Butterfield, Julie Smith, Seth Lacy

Proceedings Volume 12877, 1287712 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3005520

KEYWORDS: Standards development, Optical communications, Forward error correction, Automatic repeat request, Telecommunications, Free space optics, Space operations, Satellites, Laser communication terminals, Laser communications

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Implementing and testing generalized pointing, acquisition, and tracking for a space-based adaptive communications node (Space-BACN)

Todd Ulmer, Brett Reynolds, John Moores, Mike Butterfield, Gregory Kuperman

Proceedings Volume 12877, 128770O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009620

KEYWORDS: Acquisition tracking and pointing, Beam divergence, Standards development, Optical testing, Transmitters, Free space optical communications

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2023 Presentation + Paper

Generalized spatial acquisition for a space-based adaptive communications node optical terminal

Todd Ulmer, Shankararaman Ramakrishnan, John Moores, Robert Murphy, Julie Smith, Seth Lacy, Michael Butterfield, Gregory Kuperman

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2652012

KEYWORDS: Acquisition tracking and pointing, Design and modelling, Laser communication terminals, Standards development, Polarization, Optical communications, Modulation, Transmitters, Sensors, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

The PANOPTES project: discovering exoplanets with low-cost digital cameras

Olivier Guyon, Josh Walawender, Nemanja Jovanovic, Mike Butterfield, Wilfred Gee, Rawad Mery

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91453V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057288

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Exoplanets, Prototyping, Algorithm development, Observatories, Sensors, Stars, Photometry, Digital cameras, Telescopes

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