Deep-Space Optical Communication Receiver Based on Single Photon Coherent Beam Combination
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| author | Mikos-Nuszkiewicz, Antoni Łukanowski, Karol Banaszek, Konrad Jarzyna, Marcin |
| author_facet | Mikos-Nuszkiewicz, Antoni Łukanowski, Karol Banaszek, Konrad Jarzyna, Marcin |
| contents | We introduce an alternative receiver architecture for deep-space optical communication, in which a single large aperture is replaced by an array of smaller ones with outputs combined coherently, employing phase stabilization based on photon counting events. We show that it allows to increase the signal to noise ratio, thus potentially attaining higher information transmission rates in the regime of large noise, typical for daytime communication. We analyze its practical performance by simulating pulse position modulation-based communication from the recently launched Psyche mission. Under nighttime conditions the achieved performance is comparable to that offered by a single large aperture, whereas in daytime conditions the single photon coherent beam combination architecture provides an advantage in the information transmission rate. |
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| spellingShingle | Deep-Space Optical Communication Receiver Based on Single Photon Coherent Beam Combination Mikos-Nuszkiewicz, Antoni Łukanowski, Karol Banaszek, Konrad Jarzyna, Marcin Optics Quantum Physics We introduce an alternative receiver architecture for deep-space optical communication, in which a single large aperture is replaced by an array of smaller ones with outputs combined coherently, employing phase stabilization based on photon counting events. We show that it allows to increase the signal to noise ratio, thus potentially attaining higher information transmission rates in the regime of large noise, typical for daytime communication. We analyze its practical performance by simulating pulse position modulation-based communication from the recently launched Psyche mission. Under nighttime conditions the achieved performance is comparable to that offered by a single large aperture, whereas in daytime conditions the single photon coherent beam combination architecture provides an advantage in the information transmission rate. |
| title | Deep-Space Optical Communication Receiver Based on Single Photon Coherent Beam Combination |
| topic | Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05897 |