The requisite SNR for optical beacons or uplink command signals sent to deep space probes can be achieved by either developing high repetition rate high peak power lasers and associated high-damage-threshold optical components or by propagating near-diffraction-limited beams to the spacecraft.


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    Title :

    An Overview of the Compensated Earth-Moon-Earth Retroreflector Laser Link (CEMERLL) Experiment


    Contributors:
    Wilson, K. (author)

    Conference:

    International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Free Space Laser Communications


    Publication date :

    1994-01-03


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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