IEEE ICSOS 2015 Program


 27-October

Time Title  Author  Affiliation
7:00-8:00 Registration (Registration desk will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)  
8:00-8:05 Welcome and Intorduction to Conference  
8:05-8:10 Greetings from co-organizer  
  Plenary Session I: In-Orbit Demonstration Chair: Hamid Hemmati, Facebook Inc., USA
8:10-8:40  (Invited) Alphasat and Sentinel 1A, the First 100 Links Frank F Heine Tesat Spacecom, Germany
8:40-9:10  (Invited) European Data Relay System - Operational Service Using Optical Communications Technology Harald Hauschildt ESA, Netherlands
9:10-9:30 GEO LEO Beaconless Spatial Acquisition Reality in Space Daniel Dallmann Tesat Spacecom, Germany
9:30-9:45 Coffee Break  
  System Study and Analysis Chair: Bernard Edwards, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
9:45-10:05 Optical Feeder Links for High Throughput Satellites Bernard Roy Airbus Defence and Space, France
10:05-10:25 A Study of the Free Space Laser Communication Experiment on the ISS Japanese Experimental Module for Space Explorations Tatsuya Mukai JAXA, Japan
10:25-10:45 Gaussian Beam Characterization for Laser Beam Propagation Through Translucent, Multilayer Medium with Random Indices of Refraction Kamran Kiasaleh Universsity of Texas, USA
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
  Atmospheric Propagation Chair: Kamran Kiasaleh, Universsity of Texas, USA
11:00-11:20 Ground Station Diversity Requirements for Cloud Free LOS Links to Various Satellite Orbits Christopher Moore US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
11:20-11:40 Feasibility Study on Estimated Frequency of LEO-Ground Station Laser Communication Using SOTA Demonstration Results, an Environmental Data Gathering System and a Weather Satellite Image Data Yasushi Munemasa NICT, Japan
11:40-12:00 Getting Through Fog & Clouds with FSO John Cabaniss Fog Optics, Inc, USA
12:00-13:30 Lunch
  Plenary Session II: Planned Demonstration Chair: Morio Toyoshima, NICT, Japan
13:30-14:00  (Invited) An Overview of NASA's Latest Efforts in Near Earth Optical Communications Bernard Edwards NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
14:00-14:30  (Invited) JAXA's Optical Data Relay Satellite Programme Shiro Yamakawa JAXA, Japan
14:30-15:00  (Invited) Multi-Purpose Laser Communication System for the Asteroid Impact Mission Zoran Sodnik ESA, Netherlands
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
  Ground Station Technology Chair: Linda M Thomas, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
15:20-15:40 Characterization of Atmospherics in Hawaii for Free Space Optical Communications Randal Alliss Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
15:40-16:00 Multi-Aperture Digital Coherent Combining for Next-Generation Optical Communication Receivers Timothy Yarnall MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA
16:00-16:20 Development, Integration and Test of a Transportable Adaptive Optical Ground Station Edgar Fischer Synopta, Switzerland
 16:20-16:40  Ground-based Gamma-ray Telescopes as Ground Stations in Deep-Space Lasercom Alberto Carrasco-Casado NICT, Japan
16:40-17:00 Coffee Break
  Modulation and Coding Technology Chair: Frank F Heine, Tesat Spacecom, Germany
17:00-17:20 Comparison of Homodyne and Intradyne Detection for High-Order Modulation Schemes in Optical Intersatellite Communication Systems Semjon Schaefer University of Kiel, Germany
17:20-17:40 A Study of Optical Satellite Communication Systems Employing Rate-Adaptive Forward Error Correction Yuta Takemoto Mitsubishi, Japan
17:40-18:00 Sensitive Clock Recovery for Multi-Rate DPSK Optical Receivers Neal Spellmeyer MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA
18:00-18:20 A Photon-Counting Multi-user Q-ary PPM Iterative Soft Detection Scheme for Space Optical Communications Kaili Gu Fudan University, China
18:20-19:30 Poster  
  Performance of Atmospheric Coherent Laser Receiver and Bandwidth for Adaptive Optics System Jiawei Li Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  Single-mode, 1550nm, Gigahertz Modulation-Rate High Power Lasers for Space and Terrestrial Applications Jeremy Thomas Freedom Photonics, USA
  Chip Scale Package Fiber Optic Transceiver Integration for Harsh Environments Chuck Tabbert Ultra Communications Inc, USA
  MOEMS Devices in Future Space Laser Communication Systems Frederic Zamkotsian Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  Fresnel Lens Radiation Shield for Photodiode Minoru Watanabe Shizuoka University, Japan
  Total-Ionizing Dose Tolerance of the Serial Configuration on Cyclone II FPGA Hiroyuki Ito Shizuoka University, Japan
  Triple Modular Redundancy on Parallel-Operation- Oriented FPGA Architectures for Optical Communications Minoru Watanabe Shizuoka University, Japan
  Narrow Linewidth Semiconductor Distributed Bragg Reflector Laser for Optical Satellite Superheterodyne Receiver At 972 nm and 1064nm Martin Kastner Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Germany
  100 Mrad Total-Ionizing Dose Tolerance Experiment of a Laser Array Kouta Akagi Shizuoka University, Japan
  Packaged Micro-Integrated Semiconductor Laser Modules for Cold Atom Experiments in Space Martin Kastner Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Germany
  A Proposal of Beaconless Low Earth Orbit Satellite to Ground Laser Communication System by Using GPS Information Keiichi Yano Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

19:30-21:00 Reception/Dinner



 28-October

Time Title Author Affiliation
7:00-8:00 Registration (Registration desk will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)  
  Acquisition and Tracking Technology Chair: Harald Hauschildt, ESA, Netherlands
8:00-8:20 A Novel Spatial Tracking Loop for Laser Communication Over Turbulent Unguided Optical Channels Kamran Kiasaleh Universsity of Texas, USA
8:20-8:40 Modelling and Analysis of Flight Dynamics Influences on the Spatial Acquisition and Tracking Performance of the TESAT Laser Communication Terminal Uwe Sterr ST2C, Germany
8:40-9:00 Outstanding Opto-Mechanical Stability: Design and Qualification Method for Risk Management Applied to the LMJ Target Alignment System and to MTG Imager Test Setup Jean-Baptiste Haumonte Bertin Technologies, France
9:00-9:20 Coffee Break
  Small Satellites Technology Chair: Richard Welle, Aerospace Corporation, USA
9:20-9:40 OSIRIS Payload for Small Satellites with Miniaturized Pointing Unit Christopher Schmidt DLR, Germany
9:40-10:00 ATP Subsystem for Optical Communications on a Cubesat Arturo Arvizu CICESE, Mexico
10:00-10:20 Innovative Optical Bench of a Laser Communication System for Small LEO Satellites Niel Truyens TNO, Netherlands
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break  
  Plenary Session III: Planned Demonstration Chair: Zoran Sodnik, ESA, Netherlands
10:40-11:10  (Invited) Current and Future Status of Research and Development on Space Laser Communications Technologies in NICT Morio Toyoshima NICT, Japan
11:10-11:30 Free Space Optical Communications At NRL Linda M Thomas US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
11:30-11:50 Laser Downlink Demonstration From a 1.5U CubeSat Richard Welle Aerospace Corporation, USA
11:50-13:30 Lunch
  In-Orbit Demonstration with SOTA Chair: Randal Alliss, Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
13:30-13:50 Demonstration of Low-Density Generator Matrix (LDGM) Code Through Atmospheric Turbulence Channels with Small Optical TrAnsponder (SOTA) Hideki Takenaka NICT, Japan
13:50-14:10 Overview of International Experiment Campaign with Small Optical TrAnsponder (SOTA) Dimitar R. Kolev NICT, Japan
14:10-14:30 First Free Space Optical Communication in Europe Between SOTA and MeO Optical Ground Station Etienne Samain OCA-Geoazur, France
14:30-14:50 Telecom & Scintillation First Data Analysis for DOMINO - Laser Communication Between SOTA, Onboard SOCRATES Satellite, and MEO Optical Ground Station Duy-Ha Phung OCA-Geoazur, France
14:50-15:10 First Results of Wavefront Sensing on SOTA Nicolas Vedrenne OCA-Geoazur, France
15:10-15:30 Adaptive Optics Results with SOTA Cyril Petit ONERA, France
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break  
  Quantum Communication Technology Chair: Xavier Lobao, ESA, Netherlands
15:50-16:10 Satellite Quantum Communication Via the Alphasat Laser Communication Terminal Dominique Elser Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
16:10-16:30 Quantum Key Distribution At Space Scale Thomas Herbst Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
16:30-16:50 SuperDense Teleportation and Quantum Key Distribution for Space Applications Trent Graham University of Illinois, USA
16:50-17:10 Free-space Reconfigurable Quantum Key Distribution Network Bing Qi Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
17:10-17:20  Concluding remarks  
17:20-17:30 Break
  Panel Discussion Moderator: Xavier Lobao, ESA, Netherlands
17:30-19:30 Optical satcom links: what to do to have them accepted in an operational environment?