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Photon-per-Bit Receiver for Deep Space Communications

Overview A team of researchers from the University of Chambers in Sweden has improved satellite receivers for deep space communications by…

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Luminescent Detector

Overview The Connectivity Lab at Facebook has developed a new kind of optical detector for FSO communication. Their Luminescent Detector is…

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Deep-Space Optical Communications (DSOC)

Overview DSOC, short for Deep Space Optical Communications, is a NASA laser-based space communications program which is still in the development…

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Dynamic Routing (Adaptive Routing)

Overview Dynamic routing, also called adaptive routing, is a process for optimizing how data is transmitted. It is comparable to taking…

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ETS (Engineering Test Satellite)

Overview Engineering Test Satellite (ETS) is a program name given to certain satellites launched by JAXA (formerly NASDA). The ETS name…

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Anomalous refraction of optical spacetime wave packets

Overview Ayman Abouraddy and his team at UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics have developed a new type of laser beam…

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)

Overview MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) occupies 75 acres (20 acres of which are MIT property) on the eastern perimeter of Hanscom…

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Quantum Cascade Laser for FSO Communication

Overview Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) is a semiconductor-based laser whose operation is unipolar meaning it only depends on the inter-band transition…

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Optical Wireless Home Networks (OWHN)

Overview Optical Wireless Home Networks (OWHN), more commonly known as indoor FSO networks, is a wireless broadband communication within homes and…

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Error Control Coding

Overview Error control coding (ECC) is the coding procedure done to control the occurrences of errors. These techniques help in Error…

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