OPTIMUM TRANSMITTER OPTICS APERTURE FOR SATELLITE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

Authors
ARNON S ROTMAN S KOPEIKA NS
Citation
S. Arnon et al., OPTIMUM TRANSMITTER OPTICS APERTURE FOR SATELLITE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems, 34(2), 1998, pp. 590-596
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189251
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
590 - 596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9251(1998)34:2<590:OTOAFS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An important aspect in satellite optical communication is to obtain mi nimum bit error rate (BER) using minimum power. This aim can be achiev ed with very small transmitter beam divergence angles. The disadvantag es of too narrow divergence angle is that the transmitter beam may som etimes miss the receiver satellite, due to pointing vibrations. A math ematical model of communication and tracking systems that optimize the BER as function of the transmitter gain is derived.