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Overview of high-rate deep-space laser communications options
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Free-space Optical NetworkPhotonics10-100 Mbps LinkEngineeringOptical Transmission SystemSpace CommunicationsComputer EngineeringEfficient Fiber LaserOptical Wireless CommunicationDeep Space CommunicationsOptical CommunicationLaser CommunicationsDeep SpaceSignal Processing
With the advent of efficient fiber laser and amplifiers, low noise photon-counting detectors, turbo-codes, and low-cost ground receiver architectures, it is now feasible to consider very high rate data links from deep space. A set of options leading to a 10-100 Mbps link from Mars to Earth is described.