Impact of Motion Characteristics of Airborne Platforms on the Performance of Space Laser Communication Links
Xin Zhang,
Shiming Gao,
Zhi Liu
et al.
Abstract:When a platform carrying a space laser communication system moves through the atmosphere, the relative motion of the turret and the air produces fluctuations in the air density, which affects the beam propagation, and, hence, the laser communication performance. In this paper, we propose a performance analysis method for the space laser communication link to the airborne platform. By employing this method, which is based on a flow field simulation, we are able to determine the laser link’s communication perfor… Show more
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