美国月球激光通信演示验证试验设计和后续发展.pdf

激光与光电子学进展 51, 040004(2014) Laser Optoelectronics Progress ©2014《中国激光》杂志社 美国月球激光通信演示验证——实验设计和 后续发展 宋婷婷 马 晶 谭立英 于思源 冉启文 哈尔滨工业大学空间光通信技术研究中心,黑龙江 哈尔滨 150080 摘要 针对2013年9月6 日美国宇航局(NASA)发射的月球大气与尘埃环境探测器飞船上进行的月球激光通信演示 验证(LLCD)，从实验设计和后续发展方面进行综述。实验中，飞船上的LLCD太空终端与主要的月球激光通信地面 终端或与欧洲空间局的月球激光通信地面系统完成双向通信，而与美国喷气推进实验室的月球激光通信“光通信望 远镜实验室”(OCTL)终端仅进行下行链路通信。LLCD系统还进行了优于厘米精度测距的双向飞行时间测量。未来 NASA的激光通信中继演示验证任务将基于LLCD系统的相关设计。最后对LLCD的启示进行了讨论。 关键词 光通信；月球激光通信演示验证；激光通信；飞行时间测量；激光通信中继验证 中图分类号 TN929.1 文献标识码 A doi:10.3788/LOP51.040004 ExperimentDesignandDevelopmentoftheLunarLaser CommunicationDemonstrationinUSA SongTingting MaJing TanLiying YuSiyuan RanQiwen FreeSpaceOpticalCommunicationTechnologyResearchCenter,HarbinInstituteofTechnology, Harbin,Heilongjiang 150080,China Abstract Wereviewtheexperimentdesignanddevelopmentofthelunarlasercommunicationdemonstration (LLCD) on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer spacecraft launched by the National AeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA)ofUSAonSeptember 6th, 2013.Whenthespaceterminalisin orbit,bidirectionalcommunicationsareperformedwiththemainlunarlasercommunicationgroundterminalor with the European Space Agency′s lunar laser communication optical ground system, but only downlink communications are performed with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory′s lunar laser communication optical communications telescope laboratory (OCTL) terminal.Besides laser communication,bidirectionaltime-of- flightmeasurementsareperformedbyLLCDsystemwithsub-centimeterrangingaccuracy.ThefutureNASA lasercommunicationrelaydemonstrationwillbedevelopedonthebasisofLLCDsystem.Finallywediscussthe knowledgelearnedfromLLC