Jade Wang, David Caplan, Gavin Lund, Dave Geisler, Neal Spellmeyer, Rich Kaminsky
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Exposure to Matlab, physics, electronics, optics helpful
Free-space laser communication (lasercom) is poised to revolutionize space-based data transmission, by enabling links with higher data rates and longer ranges than are practically achievable with radio-frequency systems. MIT Lincoln Laboratory and NASA recently demonstrated a record-breaking high-data-rate lasercom link, from a spacecraft orbiting the moon to ground stations on Earth, in the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD).
Although we won’t be sending laser beams into space, this class will provide students with hands-on experience designing and building a basic lasercom system. The accompanying lectures will provide an overview of lasercom concepts, lasers and optical components, lasercom-relevant electronics, communication link design, and analog and digital modulation techniques. Students will learn to apply these principles by building their own free-space lasercom systems, and will work in teams to compete for a best-project award.
To register, email iap-lasercom@mit.edu. Include "2017 IAP Lasercom Course Registration Request" in subject line and provide a brief description of your MIT affiliation and interest in the course.
*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.
Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Jade Wang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, iap-lasercom@mit.edu
| Jan/10 | Tue | 11:00AM-04:00PM | NE45-202, located at 300 Tech. Square |
| Jan/12 | Thu | 11:00AM-04:00PM | NE45-202, located at 300 Tech. Square |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 11:00AM-04:00PM | NE45-202, located at 300 Tech. Square |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 11:00AM-04:00PM | NE45-202, located at 300 Tech. Square |
time includes break for lunch