In this paper we present a design for a photon-counting optical receiver-based on superconducting NbN nanowire detector arrays-that will be employed in the ground terminal for the NASA Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration. The ground receiver is designed with four, 40 cm apertures, each coupled to a novel multi-mode polarization-maintaining fiber. The receiver is designed to receive a variable-rate pulse-position-modulated signal with a maximum data rate of 622 Mb/s.


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    Title :

    Design of a ground-based optical receiver for the lunar laser communications demonstration


    Contributors:
    Grein, M E (author) / Kerman, A J (author) / Dauler, E A (author) / Shatrovoy, O (author) / Molnar, R J (author) / Rosenberg, D (author) / Yoon, J (author) / DeVoe, C E (author) / Murphy, D V (author) / Robinson, B S (author)


    Publication date :

    2011-05-01


    Size :

    1310514 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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