Adaptive nulling: a new tool for the interfoeromic exo-planet detection (2004)
Lay, O., Jeganathan, M., Peters, R.
This paper describes the need for a compensator that can adaptively correct for mismatches between the optical beamtrains of a Mid-IR nulling interferometer, across the science bandwidth with a range...
Preliminary Results, Analysis and Overview of Part -1 of the GOLD Experiment (2004)
The Ground/Orbiter Lasercomm Demonstration (GOLD) is an optical communications demonstration between Japanese Engineering Test Satellite (ETS-V1) and an optical ground transmitting and receiving...
Preliminary Results, Analysis, and Overview of Part-1 of the GOLD Experiment (2004)
The Ground/Orbiter Lasercomm Demonstration (GOLD) is an optical communications demonstraton between the Japanese Engineering Test Satellite (ETS-VI) and an optical ground transmitting and receiving...
High-Rate Optical Communications Links for Virtual Presence in Space (2004)
Hemmati, H., Lesh, J., Wilson, K., Jeganathan, M.
As man continues the exploration of space, either from platforms in Earth-orbit or from missions to the bodies of our solar system, there will be an on-going need to keep the public engaged in the...
Data Analysis Results From the GOLD Experiments (2004)
Jeganathan, M., Toyoshima, M., Wilson, K., James, J., Xu, G., Lesh, J.
Analyses of uplink and downlink data from recent free-space optical communications experiments carried out between Table Mountain Facility (near Pasadena, CA) and the Japanese ETS-VI satellite are...
Progress on the Development of the Optical Communications Demonstrator (2004)
Yan, T.-Y., Jeganathan, M., Lesh, J. R.
The Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD) is a laboratory-based lasercom demonstration terminal designed to validate several key technologies, including beacon acquisition, high bandwidth...
Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility (2004)
Sandusky, J., Jeganathan, M., Ortiz, G., Biswas, A., Lee, S., Wilson, K., ...
Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility (2004)
Sandusky, J., Jeganathan, M., Ortiz, G., Biswas, A., Lee, S., Wilson, K., ...
Motivated by demands for faster, better, cheaper spacecraft, NASA is developing deep-space optical communication technology which promises reduced mass, volume, and power consumption compared to...
Development of the Free-space Optical Communications Analysis Software (FOCAS) (2004)
Jeganathan, M., Mecherle, G., Lesh, J.
The Free-space Optical Communications Analysis Software (FOCAS) was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide mission planners, systems engineers and communications engineers with...
Performance Analysis and Electronics Packaging of the Optical Communications Demonstrator (2004)
The Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD), under development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is a laboratory-based lasercomm terminal designed to validate several key technologies,...
Analysis of Data from the Atmospheric Visibility Monitoring (AVM) Program (2004)
The Atmospheric Visibility Monitoring (AVM) program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been in place for the last few years to obtain atmospheric transmission statistics data to support free-space...
Jeganathan, M., Dubovitsky, S.
We report on the laboratory demonstration of an active linear metrology scheme using two separate lasers.
Lee, S., Alexander, J., Jeganathan, M.
We present a preliminary design for a tracking and pointing subsystem for the optical communication link between the International Space Station (ISS) and a ground receiver at Table Mountain Facility.
Lessons Learnt from the Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD) (2004)
Jeganathan, M., Portillo, A., Racho, C., Lee, S., Erickson, D., DePew, J., ...
The Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD) is a laboratory based lasercom terminal that was developed to validate several key technologies such as precision beam pointing, high bandwidth beacon...
45 Km Horizontal Path Optical Link Experiment (2004)
Biswas, A., Ceniceros, J., Novak, M., Jeganathan, M., Portillo, A., Erickson, D., ...
Mountain-top to mountain-top optical link experiments have been initiated at JPL, in order to perform a systems level evaluation of optical communications.
Sandusky, J., Jeganathan, M., Ortiz, G., Biswas, A., Lee, S., Parker, G., ...
This paper presents an overview of the preliminary design of both the flight and ground systems of the Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility which will demonstrate optical...
Design of a 2.5 Gbps Optical Transmitter for the International Space Station (2004)
Ortiz, G., Jeganathan, M., Sandusky, J., Hemmati, H.
A high data rate laser transmitter assembly (LTA) has been designed as the source for an optical free-space communication link between the International Space Station and the 1-meter Optical...