Laser Communication with Constellation Satellites, UAVs, HAPs and Balloons

Professor Arun K. Majumdar is a research scientist and a former university professor. In the past he has worked in optical communications and research industries for over 28 years, was the Director of Research at LCResearch, Inc. in California. He has also held positions at the US Department of the Navy as Senior Scientist, Innosense LLC as Chief Engineer, Harvard and MIT, among others. He served as a full Professor at the University of Colorado for five years, and served as a Visiting Professor at both NIST and at the Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic. Professor Majumdar has published over 395 articles in international scientific peer-reviewed journals, has written over 25 technical reports. He has published several books including Principles and Applications of Free Space Optical Communications (IET, 2019), Optical Wireless Communications for Broadband Global Internet Connectivity, Fundamentals and Potential Applications (Elsevier, 2018), Advanced Free Space Optics (FSO) (Springer, 2015), and Free-Space Laser Communications Principles and Advances (Springer, 2008). He is a member of IEEE, OSA, and SPIE.

Basics of Satellite Wireless Communications: Single Satellite and a Constellation of Satellites.- Free Space Optical Propagation relevant to Integrated Space/Aerial, Terrestrial and Underwater links.- Laser Satellite Communications: Fundamentals, Systems, Technologies and Applications.- Optical Laser Links in Space-Based Systems for Global Communications Networks Architecture: Space/Aerial, Terrestrial and Underwater Platforms.- Technology Developments, Research Challenges and Advances for FSO Communication for Space/Aerial/Terrestrial/Underwater (SATU) Links.- Constellation of Satellites: Integrated Space-Aerial-TerrestrialUnderwater (SATU) All-Optical Networks for Global Internet Connectivity.- Laser-based Satellite and inter-Satellite Communication Systems: Advanced Technologies and Performance Analysis.- Recent Demonstrations of Laser Satellite Communications: Path Forward for Constellation of Laser Satellites Technology for Global Communication.- Summary, Conclusions and Future Directions.