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Presentation 2010-07-29 11:30
[Invited Talk] Trends of Laser Communications in Space -- Focusing on International Workshop GOLCE2010 --
Morio Toyoshima, Yoshihisa Takayama (NICT) MW2010-41 OPE2010-26
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Radio frequencies (RF) are usually used for long-distance links in space. However, the recent progress in optics and laser technologies, especially in fiber optics, is ushering in an era of inter-orbit communications using laser beams. Both RF and optical waves are electromagnetic waves; however, there are many advantages to using optical waves in space. These include reduced mass, power, and volume of equipment, higher data rates, no tariffs and no regulatory restrictions as experienced for RF bands. These assets are a consequence of the high frequency of optical waves. In Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA), in its Semiconductor Laser Intersatellite Link Experiment (SILEX), has routinely used a 50-Mbps optical communication link twice a day between a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite and a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite since 2003. In Japan, the Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was launched in August in 2005 and the laser communication link with the SILEX terminal was successfully established. After these experiments, ground-to-OICETS laser communications experiments including four optical ground stations (OGSs) were conducted and the laser beam propagation data were acquired. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) organized the international workshop on Ground-to-OICETS Laser Communications Experiments 2010 (GOLCE2010) in Tenerife, Spain. Through the GOLCE2010, the recent trends of the research and development on laser communications in space are reported.
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(in English) Laser communication / Optical communication / Free-space / Space communication / GOLCE2010 / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 110, no. 155, MW2010-41, pp. 21-26, July 2010.
Paper # MW2010-41 
Date of Issue 2010-07-22 (MW, OPE) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee EMT OPE MW IEE-EMT  
Conference Date 2010-07-29 - 2010-07-30 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Hokkaido Univ. 
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Conference Code 2010-07-EMT-OPE-MW-EMT 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Trends of Laser Communications in Space 
Sub Title (in English) Focusing on International Workshop GOLCE2010 
Keyword(1) Laser communication  
Keyword(2) Optical communication  
Keyword(3) Free-space  
Keyword(4) Space communication  
Keyword(5) GOLCE2010  
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1st Author's Name Morio Toyoshima  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
2nd Author's Name Yoshihisa Takayama  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
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Date Time 2010-07-29 11:30:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for MW 
Paper # MW2010-41, OPE2010-26 
Volume (vol) vol.110 
Number (no) no.155(MW), no.156(OPE) 
Page pp.21-26 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2010-07-22 (MW, OPE) 

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