Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 040605(2025)

In-orbit intersatellite laser communication experiment based on compound-axis tracking

Hanghua Yu1,3, Shaowen Lu2、*, Qiong Hu2, Yongbo Fan2, Funan Zhu2, Haowei Xia2, Jiawei Li2, Jianfeng Sun2,3, Xia Hou2,3, Weibiao Chen2,3, and Huijie Liu1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10049, China
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    Hanghua Yu, Shaowen Lu, Qiong Hu, Yongbo Fan, Funan Zhu, Haowei Xia, Jiawei Li, Jianfeng Sun, Xia Hou, Weibiao Chen, Huijie Liu, "In-orbit intersatellite laser communication experiment based on compound-axis tracking," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 040605 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 24, 2024

    Posted: Oct. 24, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2025

    The Author Email: Shaowen Lu (lushaowen@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202523.040605

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.040605

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