Dr. Daniel A. Paulson Profile

Dr. Daniel A. Paulson

at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / SSAI, Inc.

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Initial test results for NASA Goddard’s low-cost optical terminal adaptive optics system

Daniel Paulson, Predrag Sekulic, Robert Lafon, Patrick Thompson, Stephen Hall, Kristoffer Olsen, Nikki Desch, Haleh Safavi

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130Y (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654236

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Telecommunications, Optical communications, Atmospheric turbulence, Wavefront distortions, Turbulence, Speckle pattern, Space operations, Single mode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

NASA’s LCOT (low-cost optical terminal) FSOS (free-space optical subsystem): concept, design, build, and test

Patrick Thompson, Armen Caroglanian, Jeffrey Guzek, Stephen Hall, Robert Lafon, Kristoffer Olsen, Daniel Paulson, Haleh Safavi, Predrag Sekulic, Oscar Ta, Mark Wilson

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130X (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2653355

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Design and modelling, Telescopes, Free space optics, Commercial off the shelf technology, Cameras, Interfaces, Mirrors, Tunable filters, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2023 Presentation + Paper

Current status of NASA’s Low-Cost Optical Terminal (LCOT) at Goddard Space Flight Center

Robert Lafon, Yingxin Bai, Armen Caroglanian, James Dailey, Nikki Desch, Howard Garon, Steve Hall, Ron Miller, Dan Paulson, Haleh Safavi, Predrag Sekulic, John Speer, Patrick Thompson, Victoria Wu

Proceedings Volume 12413, 124130V (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2652103

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Laser communication terminals, Adaptive optics, Quantum optical communication, Laser communications, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

A flexible low-cost optical communications ground terminal at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Robert Lafon, Armen Caroglanian, Haleh Safavi, Nikki Desch, Victoria Wu, Manuel Buenfil, Patrick Thompson, Scott Merritt, Steve Hall, Howard Garon, Daniel Paulson, John Speer, Mark Wilson, Ron Miller, Tom Haas, Bruce Trout, Richard Mason, Jerome Hengemihle, Jeffrey Guzek

Proceedings Volume 11678, 1167806 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582869

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2020 Presentation + Paper

Propagation of Laguerre-Gaussian and Im-Bessel beams through atmospheric turbulence: A computational study

Nathaniel Ferlic, Miranda van Iersel, Daniel Paulson, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 11506, 115060H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567348

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Atmospheric propagation, Scintillation, Optical simulations, Beam propagation method, Atmospheric turbulence, Laser beam propagation, Optical turbulence, Gaussian beams

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Proceedings Article | 7 October 2019 Paper

Characterization and compensation of atmospheric effects on laser beams

Miranda van Iersel, Daniel Paulson, Nathaniel Ferlic, Jonathan Ko, Chensheng Wu, John Rzasa, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 11161, 1116107 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2534755

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric propagation, Laser countermeasures, Optical turbulence, Laser beam propagation, Spatial coherence, Atmospheric sensing, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 6 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Observing single and multiple laser glints through anisotropic turbulence with a plenoptic sensor

Chensheng Wu, Daniel Paulson, Miranda van Iersel, John Rzasa, Nathaniel Ferlic, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 11133, 111330Y (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530364

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Turbulence, Image sensors, Anisotropy, Picosecond phenomena, Associative arrays, Wavefronts, Objectives, Imaging systems, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 10 October 2018 Paper

A detailed comparison of non-Kolmogorov and anisotropic optical turbulence theories using wave optics simulations

Daniel Paulson, Chensheng Wu, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 10770, 107700X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323342

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Optical simulations, Beam propagation method, Wave propagation, Optical turbulence, Computer simulations, Atmospheric propagation, Scintillation, Anisotropy, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2018 Paper

The influence of different parameters on the variation in the index of refraction

Miranda van Iersel, Daniel Paulson

Proceedings Volume 10770, 107700F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2323903

KEYWORDS: Refraction, Atmospheric modeling, Refractive index, Temperature metrology, Atmospheric turbulence, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric propagation, Distortion, Ray tracing

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2018 Presentation + Paper

A multi-aperture laser transmissometer for detailed characterization of laser propagation over long paths through the turbulent atmosphere

Daniel Paulson, Chensheng Wu, John Rzasa, Jonathan Ko, Miranda Van Iersel, Joseph Coffaro, Christopher Smith, Robert Crabbs, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 10770, 107700J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322586

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Receivers, Sensors, Visibility, Transmitters, Atmospheric propagation, Signal detection, Refractive index, Laser beam propagation, Mass attenuation coefficient

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2018 Presentation + Paper

Near ground surface turbulence measurements and validation: a comparison between different systems

Chensheng Wu, Daniel Paulson, Miranda Van Iersel, Joseph Coffaro, Melissa Beason, Christopher Smith, Robert Crabbs, Ronald Phillips, Larry Andrews, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 10770, 107700K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322723

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Anisotropy, Scintillation, Sensors, Telecommunications, Imaging systems, Beam shaping, LIDAR, Atmospheric propagation, Systems modeling, Temperature sensors, Atmospheric turbulence, Optical turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2017 Presentation + Paper

Atmospheric characterization on the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility

Jonathan Ko, Joseph Coffaro, Chensheng Wu, Daniel Paulson, Christopher Davis

Proceedings Volume 10408, 104080P (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276297

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric turbulence, Atmospheric optics, Sensors, Turbulence, Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric scintillation, Atmospheric sensing, Scintillation, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics

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