National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
Multi-Pulse Pulse-Position-Modulation Signaling for Optical Communication with Direct Detection
M. K. Simon and V. A. Vilnrotter
Alamouti-Type Space-Time Coding for Free-Space Optical Communication with Direct Detection
M. K. Simon and V. Vilnrotter
Increasing Tracking Bandwidth for Deep-Space Optical Communications Using Linear Accelerometers
S. Lee, G. G. Ortiz, W. Liu, and V. Garkanian
Feasibility Study on Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing Using Earth Thermal Images for Deep-Space Ka-Band and Optical Communications
S. Lee, G. G. Ortiz, W. T. Roberts, and J. W. Alexander
The ICER Progressive Wavelet Image Compressor
A. Kiely and M. Klimesh
Design of an Event-Driven, Random-Access, Windowing CCD-Based Camera
S. P. Monacos, R. K. Lam, A. A. Portillo, D. Q. Zhu, G. G. Ortiz
A One-Liter Mercury Ion Clock for Space and Ground Applications
J. D. Prestage, S. Chung, T. Le, M. Beach, L. Maleki, and R. L. Tjoelker
Noise Temperature of Cascaded Mirrors Having Resistive and Spillover Losses
T. Y. Otoshi
Parametric Evaluation of Lifetime Data
J. Shell
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