Summary Underwater Optical Communication (UWOC) is a type of FSO communication for underwater applications. The increased density of water compared to air makes challenges such as absorption, ...

Summary This paper analyzes and compares combining schemes used to fuse the outputs from the elements of detector arrays used in deep space optical communications.  The equal gain combiner (EGC), ...

Summary This paper evaluates the comparative performance with regard to atmospheric turbulence in Free Space Optic (FSO) communications of a multimode receiver based upon coherent combination and a ...

Summary The subject paper compares the performance of a Kramers–Kronig (KK) transceiver with those of coherent transceiver (both amplitude and phase of the optical signal can be extracted) when used i ...

Overview Researchers, led by Peter Delfyett at the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), have demonstrated a silicon-based optical communication link that combines two ...

Overview BlueHalo’s Laser Communications Systems Division specializes in high data rate communications via optical (laser) links offering solutions providing 100 to 1,000x increased bandwidth over R ...

Overview On December 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace's ELA-3 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport located near Kourou, French ...

SmartSAT CRC SmartSAT Cooperative Research Center (“SmartSAT CRC”) SmartSat CRC is a consortium of universities and other research organizations, partnered with industry that has been funded by the ...

Overview Currently headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin (LM) was founded in March, 1995 when Martin Marietta and the Lockheed Corporation merged. Since that time, LM has been at the ...

Overview The International Space Station (ISS) was commissioned by Ronald Reagan to be built by NASA on January 25, 1984. Starting in 1998, the various segments of the ISS were launched and joined in ...