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Design of an Optical Photon Counting Array Receiver System for Deep-Space Communications by Mendenhall, Jeffrey A., Candell, Lawrence M., Hopman, Pablo I., Zogbi, George, Boroson, Don M., Caplan, David O., Digenis, Constantine J., Hearn, David R., Shoup, Ryan C.

“…Demand for increased capacity in deep-space to Earth communications systems continues to rise as sensor data rates climb and mission requirements expand…”
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Prospects for Improvement of Interplanetary Laser Communication Data Rates by 30 dB by Hemmati, Hamid, Biswas, Abhijit, Boroson, Don M.

“…NASA's Mars laser communications demonstration (MLCD) project (since discontinued) was designed to achieve data rates greater than 1 Mb/s from the farthest…”
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The Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD) by Boroson, D.M., Scozzafava, J.J., Murphy, D.V., Robinson, B.S., Shaw, H.

“…NASA is presently overseeing a project to create the world's first free-space laser communications system that can be operated over a range ten times larger…”
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Low complexity optimal joint detection for oversaturated multiple access communications by Learned, R.E., Willsky, A.S., Boroson, D.M.

“…Optimal joint detection for interfering (nonorthogonal) users in a multiple access communication system has, in general, a computational complexity that is…”
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Ultra-long Distance Free Space Laser Communications by Caplan, D.O., Stevens, M.L., Robinson, B.S., Constantine, S., Boroson, D.M.

“…We present a survey of state-of-the-art free space laser communication transmitter and receiver designs and technologies for ultra-long-distance high-speed…”
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Sensitivity of optically preamplified DPSK receivers with Fabry-Perot filters by Chinn, S.R., Boroson, D.M., Livas, J.C.

“…The error-rate performance of a DPSK lightwave receiver having an optical amplifier followed by a Fabry-Perot filter and delay-line demodulator is analyzed…”
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Simple SBS-Mitigating Waveforms for High-Power PPM Transmitters for Space Laser Communications by Spellmeyer, N.W., Boroson, D.M., Caplan, D.O., Robinson, B.S., Stevens, M.L.

“…Simple waveforms with sub-pulse structure for mitigating stimulated Brillouin scattering in high-power fiber amplifiers using pulse-position-modulated data…”
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Overview of the Mars laser communications demonstration project by Boroson, D.M., Chien-Chung Chen, Edwards, B.

“…We present an overview of the Mars laser communications demonstration (MLCD.) a joint project between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Jet…”
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Demonstration of a Wavelength-Converter-Based 1550-nm Photon-Counting Receiver with Better Than 2 Incident Photon/Bit Sensitivity by Grein, M.E., Elgin, L.E., Robinson, B.S., Hamilton, S.A., Boroson, D.M., Langrock, C., Fejer, M.M.

“…We implemented a photon-counting optical receiver at 1550 nm with periodically-poled lithium niobate and a silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode. We…”
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Interplanetary deep space optical communications systems and techniques by Boroson, D.M.

“…This paper discusses multi-Gbps communication systems for deep-space links. Specific choices from the described options are considered for a Mars to Earth…”
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The Mars lasercom terminal by Scozzafava, J.J., Boroson, D.M., Bondurant, R.S., Pillsbury, A.D., Burnside, J.W., Spellmeyer, N.W., Ward, P.L., Knight, F.K., Stevens, M.L., Bold, D.R.

“…We present the Mars lasercom terminal preliminary design that demonstrates high-rate optical communications from Mars and provide NASA with the experience…”
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The Mars laser communications demonstration project: truly ultralong-haul optical transport by Boroson, D.M., Chien-Chung Chen, Edwards, B.

“…We present an overview of the Mars laser communications demonstration (MLCD), a joint project between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Jet…”
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The 2009 Mars Telecom Orbiter mission by Franklin, S.F., Slonski, J.P., Kerridge, S., Noreena, G., Townes, S., Schwartzbaum, E., Synnott, S., Deutsch, M., Edwards, C., Devereaux, A., Austin, R., Edwards, B., Scozzafav, J.J., Boroson, D.M., Roberts, W.T., Biswas, A., Pillsbury, A.D., Khatri, F.I., Sharma, J., Komarek, T.

“…This work provides a comprehensive overview of the proposed Mars Telecom Orbiter (MTO) mission. Launched in 2009, MTO would provide Mars-to-Earth relay…”
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A simple exact method for generating continuous phase modulated signals by Boroson, D.M., McKenzie, P.F.

“…A new, relatively simple architecture for generating continuous phase modulation (CPM) signals is presented. It can produce arbitrary frequency pulses for…”
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Photon-counting 1.55 μm optical communications with pulse-position modulation and a multimode upconversion single-photon receiver by Albota, M.A., Robinson, B.S., Caplan, D.O., Hamilton, S.A., Boroson, D.M.

“…We report single-photon frequency upconversion of multimode light from 1.55 to 0.532 mum and demonstrate an end-to-end optical link that emulates…”
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High-rate photon-efficient laser communications with near single photon/bit receiver sensitivities by Caplan, D.O., Robinson, B.S., Stevens, M.L., Boroson, D.M., Hamilton, S.A.

“…Optical communication systems with sensitivities approaching a single photon/bit can be realized by combining near-quantum-limited optically-preamplified…”
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Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Temperature Dependence of Wideband SAW RAC Devices on Quartz by Boroson, D.M., Oates, D.E.

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A novel variable-rate pulse-position modulation system with near quantum limited performance by Stevens, M.L., Boroson, D.M., Caplan, D.O.

“…Pulse-position modulation (PPM), a form of orthogonal signaling, can use modulator and receiver hardware similar to that of the simple on-off-keying (OOK)…”
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Phase-noise-canceled differential phase-shift-keying (PNC-DPSK) for coherent optical communication systems by Tamura, K., Alexander, S.B., Chan, V.W.S., Boroson, D.M.

“…A modulation scheme using a nonlinear demodulation process, phase-noise-canceled differential phase-shift keying (PNC-DPSK), is used to circumvent the effects…”
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Demonstration of a 1550-nm photon-counting receiver with ≪ 0.5 detected photon-per-bit sensitivity at 187.5 Mb/s by Grein, M.E., Elgin, L.E., Robinson, B.S., Kachelmyer, A.L., Caplan, D.O., Stevens, M.L., Carney, J.J., Hamilton, S.A., Boroson, D.M., Langrock, C., Fejer, M.M.

“…We implemented a photon-counting optical receiver using a periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide and an emulated array of silicon Geiger-mode avalanche…”
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