Mr. Nicholas C. Lantz Profile

Nicholas C. Lantz

at NASA Glen Research Ctr

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper

Field-programmable gate array implementation of a single photon-counting receive modem

William Simon, Jennifer Downey, Nicholas Lantz, Thomas Bizon, Michael Marsden, Brian Vyhnalek, Daniel Zeleznikar

Proceedings Volume 12877, 128771M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001097

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Sensors, Analog to digital converters, Tunable filters, Receivers, Photon counting, Picosecond phenomena, Electronic filtering, Clocks, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

A real-time optical ground receiver for photon starved environments

Jennifer Downey, Sarah Tedder, Brian Vyhnalek, Nicholas Lantz, Michael Marsden, William Simon, Thomas Bizon, Daniel Zeleznikar

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2648325

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Receivers, Transmitters, Optical communications, Detector arrays, Telecommunications, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

Detector channel combining results from a high photon efficiency optical communications link test bed

Jennifer Downey, Brian Vyhnalek, Sarah Tedder, Nicholas Lantz

Proceedings Volume 11272, 112720R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546394

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Optical communications, Photon counting, Monte Carlo methods, Signal detection, Photodetectors, Optical testing, Field programmable gate arrays

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

Neural network based photon counting of summed single photon receivers

Nicholas Lantz, Jennifer Downey, Brian Vyhnalek, Sarah Tedder

Proceedings Volume 11272, 112720P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545892

KEYWORDS: Signal detection, Signal to noise ratio, Signal processing, Sensors, Neural networks, Photodetectors, Photon counting, Interference (communication), Single photon, Receivers

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Proceedings Article | 21 March 2019 Paper

Optical software defined radio transmitter extinction ratio enhancement with differential pulse carving

Nicholas Lantz, Jennifer Nappier, Brian Vyhnalek, Sarah Tedder

Proceedings Volume 10910, 109101Q (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509874

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Signal attenuation, Clocks, Analog electronics, Radio optics, Optical modulators, Transmitters, Modulators, Interfaces, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Characterization of a photon counting test bed for space to ground optical pulse position modulation communications links

Jennifer Nappier, Brian Vyhnalek, Sarah Tedder, Nicholas Lantz

Proceedings Volume 10910, 1091009 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507278

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Optical communications, Receivers, Photon counting, Telecommunications, Monte Carlo methods, Transmitters, Modulation, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 2018 Paper

Development of an optical slice for an RF and optical software defined radio

Jennifer Nappier, Nicholas Lantz

Proceedings Volume 10524, 105241B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286333

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Radio optics, Clocks, Telecommunications, Modulation, Signal processing, Optical communications, Integrated optics, Digital signal processing

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