Space Photonic Communications

This book explores the extension of fiber optic communications technology to space optical communications. It presents the specific demands for space communications and examines propagation in a vacuum and also over the turbulence of air-free space. Space Photonic Communications begins with historical aspects of optical communications in both terrestrial and inter-satellite constellations. It presents the advances in optical communications and integrated photonics that have enabled the technological developments for space photonic communications, especially coherent optical communications to transport Tbps information. The author discusses how the transmission of massive amounts of data over very long distances requires Tera-bps communications in real time for both military and civil applications. The author also explores laser communications with the physics of laser propagation over ultra-long distances without optical amplifications at intermediate locations. He also examines modulation and receiving techniques for space photonic communications. Intended for communications engineers and professionals, especially those in laser communication technologies, this book could also be used in courses on advanced optical communications, photonic communications, and communication techniques and technologies.

Le Nguyen Binh, B.Eng (Electron. Eng., Hons) and a Ph.D., and a Dr. Eng. (Integrated Photonics and Optical Communications Engineering). He was recently Fellow at Mynaric Laser Communications GmbH, Gilching, Bavaria, Germany and R&D Director of Huawei Technologies European Research Center in Munich, Deutschland. He was awarded five Huawei Technologies Gold Medals for his work on advanced optical/photonics communication technologies. He was previously the chair of Commission D (Electronics and Photonics) of the National Committee for Radio Sciences of the Australian Academy of Sciences and a professorial fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, and Reader/Professor of Monash University, Australia. Widely published, Dr. Binh is the series editor of Optics and Photonics for CRC Press.

Chapter 1 Guided-Wave and Space Technologies Chapter 2 Space Atmospheric Signal Propagation and Effects on System Performance Chapter 3 Digital Binary Photonic Modulation for SPC Chapter 4 Multi-Level Complex Photonic Modulation Chapter 5 DSP-Based Optical Coherent Receiver for SPC: Physical Chapter 6 DSP-Based Optical Coherent Receiver for SPC: Processing and SPC Systems Performance Chapter 7 Optical Amplifiers and Routers for Space Photonic Transmission Chapter 8 Nonlinear Effects in SPC for DWDM Channel Transmission Chapter 9 SPC Power-Limited Quantum Transmission Chapter 10 SPC-Equivalent System Transmission Performance Chapter 11 Appendices 1 to 2: Optical Modulators, Integrated Lasers Chapter 12 Appendices 3 to 7: Fibre and Integrated Waveguides, EDFA Simulation, and ITU Grids