| dc.contributor.author | Kingsbury, Ryan W | |
| dc.contributor.author | Caplan, David O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cahoy, Kerri | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-26T13:25:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-26T13:25:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-03 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0277-786X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116594 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper presents implementation and validation results for a CubeSat-scale laser transmitter. The master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) design produces a 1550 nm, 200mW average power optical signal through the use of a directly modulated laser diode and a commercial fiber amplifier. The prototype design produces high-fidelity M-ary pulse position modulated (PPM) waveforms (M=8 to 128), targeting data rates > 10 Mbit/s while meeting a constraining 8W power allocation. We also present the implementation of an avalanche photodiode (APD) receiver with measured transmitter-to-receiver performance within 3 dB of theory. Via loopback, the compact receiver design can provide built-in self-test and calibration capabilities, and supports incremental on-orbit testing of the design. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Air Force. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (Air Force Contract #FA8721{05{C{0002) | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2217990 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | SPIE | en_US |
| dc.title | Implementation and validation of a CubeSat laser transmitter | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kingsbury, R. W., D. O. Caplan, and K. L. Cahoy. “Implementation and Validation of a CubeSat Laser Transmitter.” Edited by Hamid Hemmati and Don M. Boroson. Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXVIII (March 15, 2016). | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Lincoln Laboratory | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Kingsbury, Ryan W | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Caplan, David O. | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Cahoy, Kerri | |
| dc.relation.journal | Proceedings of SPIE--the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-03-16T11:51:18Z | |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Kingsbury, R. W.; Caplan, D. O.; Cahoy, K. L. | en_US |
| dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4432 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5124 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
