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Demonstration of space optical transmitter development for multiple high frequency bands
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Simons, Rainee Freeman, Jon Wintucky, Edwin Nguyen, Hung |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | As the demand for multiple radio frequency carrier bands continues to grow in space communication systems, the design of a cost-effective compact optical transmitter that is capable of transmitting selective multiple RF bands is of great interest, particularly for NASA Space Communications Network Programs. This paper presents experimental results that demonstrate the feasibility of a concept based on an optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technique that enables multiple microwave bands with different modulation formats and bandwidths to be combined and transmitted all in one unit, resulting in many benefits to space communication systems including reduced size, weight and complexity with corresponding savings in cost. Experimental results will be presented including the individual received RF signal power spectra for the L, C, X, Ku, Ka, and Q frequency bands, and measurements of the phase noise associated with each RF frequency. Also to be presented is a swept RF frequency power spectrum showing simultaneous multiple RF frequency bands transmission. The RF frequency bands in this experiment are among those most commonly used in NASA space environment communications. |
| File Size | 608460 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150007510 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4wh7k76v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-04-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Costs Stability Telecommunication Wavelength Division Multiplexing Nasa Space Programs Radio Frequencies Transmitters Systems Engineering Tunable Lasers Space Communication Bandwidth Optical Communication Communication Networks Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |