Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 30, Issue 13, 1534(2022)

Deep-space laser communications telescope array based on single photon detector

Xiaoliang LI1,2, Rongke LIU1、*, Jianjun WANG2, and Xiangnan LIU2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing009, China
  • 2Beijing Research Institute of Telemetry, Beijing100094, China
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    Figures & Tables(6)
    Variation of BER with telescope numbers
    BER change with different cascading modes
    • Table 1. Parameters of deep-space laser communications link

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      Table 1. Parameters of deep-space laser communications link

      ItemParameter
      Transmit laser power5 W
      Transmitter divergence angle10 μrad
      Transmitter pointing loss1 μrad
      Link range2.67AU
      Receive aperture diameter10 m
      Transmit efficiency0.75
      atmosphere transmittance0.45
      Receiving efficiency0.5
      Planck constant6.626 2×10-34 W·s2
      Speed of light3×108 m/s
      Laser wavelength1 064 nm
      Coupling efficiency with AO0.3
    • Table 2. Key Parameters of single photon detectors

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      Table 2. Key Parameters of single photon detectors

      ItemJitter timeDead timeCount rateDark count rateQuantum efficiency
      光电倍增管0.3 ns几十ns30 MHz100 Hz40%@可见光,<1%@近红外
      雪崩光电二极管

      40 ps

      55 ps

      100 ns

      10 ns

      10 MHz

      100 MHz

      25 Hz

      2 kHz

      65%@可见光

      30%@近红外

      超导临界温度跃迁单光子探测器100 ns1 μs几十kHz0.01 Hz95%
      量子点单光子计数器>150 ns_10 MHz<1 Hz58%@可见光,<1%@近红外
      可见光单光子计数器0.25 ns100 ns10 MHz20 kHz88%@694nm,93%@近红外
      超导纳米线单光子探测器50 ps~10 ns100 MHz最小值0.1 Hz~95%
    • Table 3. BER of telescopes in parallel connection

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      Table 3. BER of telescopes in parallel connection

      D(m)×nP1NightSEP=3°
      P0or*BERP0or*BER
      10×14.05×10-53.13×10-74.02×10-56.52×10-30.256
      5×47.98×10-21.25×10-69.97×10-52.61×10-20.425
      2.5×160.5315.00×10-63.38×10-40.1040.481
      2×250.6677.82×10-65.16×10-40.1630.488
    • Table 4. BER of telescopes in series connection

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      Table 4. BER of telescopes in series connection

      D(m)×nP1and*NightSEP=3°
      P0and*BERP0and*BER
      10×14.05×10-73.13×10-74.02×10-56.52×10-30.256
      5×40.2839.57×10-270.5021.81×10-90.142
      2.5×160.9998.37×10-1050.5021.07×10-350.502
      2×251.0002.40×10-1630.5022.27×10-550.502
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    Xiaoliang LI, Rongke LIU, Jianjun WANG, Xiangnan LIU. Deep-space laser communications telescope array based on single photon detector[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2022, 30(13): 1534

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    Paper Information

    Category: Modern Applied Optics

    Received: Jan. 5, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 27, 2022

    The Author Email: LIU Rongke (rongke_liu@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20223013.1534

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