Link budget model and applications for laser communications through the atmosphere

Estela Fernandez; Pedro Menendez-Valdes; Manfred E. Wittig; Adolfo Comeron

doi:10.1117/12.149234

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6 August 1993 Link budget model and applications for laser communications through the atmosphere

Estela Fernandez, Pedro Menendez-Valdes, Manfred E. Wittig, Adolfo Comeron

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Proceedings Volume 1866, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.149234
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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One of the activities being undertaken in the Free-Space Optical Communications Program of the European Space Agency, is a detailed description of the Link Budget for Laser Communications through the atmosphere. A link budget model definition, for a system using a tracking system with a given probability of failure shall be presented here, as well as an application to a ground station to/from the geostationary ARTEMIS satellite optical link.

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Estela Fernandez, Pedro Menendez-Valdes, Manfred E. Wittig, and Adolfo Comeron "Link budget model and applications for laser communications through the atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 1866, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V, (6 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.149234

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