National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Special Issue on Deep-Space Optical Communications
Contents
I. Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL)
Preliminary Characterization Results of the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory Telescope
K. Wilson, A. Vaughan, J. Wu, D. Mayes, J. Maloney, and R. Sobek
Recent Upgrades to the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory
V. Garkanian and H. Hosseini
Optical Metrology of the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory 1-Meter Telescope by Means of Hartmann Tests Conducted at the Table Mountain Observatory
A. H. Vaughan and D. Mayes
II. Adaptive Optics
Improved Optical Communications Performance Using Adaptive Optics with an Avalanche Photodiode Detector
M. W. Wright, M. Srinivasan, and K. Wilson
Performance of the Optical Communication Adaptive Optics Testbed
M. Troy, J. Roberts, S. Guiwits, S. Azevedo, S. Bikkannavar, G. Brack, V. Garkanian, D. Palmer, B. Platt, T. Truong, K. Wallace, and K. Wilson
Application of Genetic and Gradient Descent Algorithms to Wavefront Compensation for the Deep-Space Optical Communications Receiver
R. Mukai, K. Wilson, and V. Vilnrotter
Background Noise Mitigation in Deep-Space Optical Communications Using Adaptive Optics
S. Lee, K. E. Wilson, and M. Troy
III. Optical Array
Two-Element Optical Array Receiver Concept Demonstration
V. Vilnrotter, C.-W. Lau, K. Andrews, and M. Srinivasan
Adaptive Delay Compensation Algorithms for the Optical Array Receiver
C.-W. Lau, V.Vilnrotter, and M. Srinivasan
IV. Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing (ATP)
Star Tracker-Based Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing Technology for Deep-Space Optical Communications
S. Lee, G. G. Ortiz, and J. W. Alexander
V. Coding and Modulation
Coded Modulation for the Deep-Space Optical Channel: Serially Concatenated Pulse-Position Modulation
B. Moision and J. Hamkins
Reduced Complexity Decoding of Coded Pulse-Position Modulation Using Partial Statistics
B. Moision and J. Hamkins
Multipulse Pulse-Position Modulation on Discrete Memoryless Channels
J. Hamkins and B. Moision
A Field-Programmable Gate Array Implementation of the Serially Concatenated Pulse-Position Modulation Decoder
M. K. Cheng, M. A. Nakashima, J. Hamkins, B. E. Moision, and M. Barsoum
Decision-Directed Slot Synchronization for Pulse-Position-Modulated Optical Signals
M. Srinivasan, V. Vilnrotter, and C. Lee
VI. Systems and Others
Optical Communication System with Range and Attitude Measurement Capability
J. M. Kovalik, W. H. Farr, C. Esproles, and H. Hemmati
Development of an End-to-End Model for Free-Space Optical Communications
H. Hemmati
Characterization of a High-Power Fiber Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) Laser as an Optical Communications Transmitter
M. W. Wright, D. Zhu, and W. Farr
Optical Vector Receiver Operating Near the Quantum Limit
V. A. Vilnrotter and C.-W. Lau
Optical Receiver for Coherently Detected Pulse-Position Modulated Signals in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence
M. Munoz Fernandez and V. A. Vilnrotter
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