This book explores the extension of fiber optic communications technology to space optical communications. It presents the specific demands for space communications and examines propagation in a vacuum and also over the turbulence of air free space.

Le Nguyen Binh holds a B.Eng (Hons) and Ph.D from the University of Western Australia. He is currently a Technology Specialist at Mynaric. He has been awarded three Huawei Technologies Gold Medals for his work on advanced optical communication technologies. He was previously the chair of Commission D (Electronics and Photonics) of the National Committee for Radio Sciences of the Australian Academy of Sciences, and a professorial fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, and various Australian universities. Widely published, Dr. Binh is the series editor of Optics and Photonics for CRC Press.

Chapter 1 Guided-wave and Space Technologies

Chapter 2 Space Atmospheric Signal Propagation and Effects on System Performance

Chapter 3 Digital Binary Photonic Modulation for SPC

Chapter 4 Multi-level Complex Photonic Modulation

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 DSP-based Optical Coherent Receiver for SPC: Processing and SPC Systems Performance

Chapter 7 Optical Amplifiers and Routers for Space Photonic Transmission

Chapter 8 Nonlinear effects in SPC for DWDM Channel Transmission

Chapter 9 SPC Power-Limited Quantum Transmission

Chapter 10 SPC-equivalent System Transmission Performance

Chapter 11 Appendices 1 to 2: Optical Modulators, Integrated Lasers

Chapter 12 Appendices 3 to 7: Fibre and integrated waveguides, EDFA Simulation and ITU Grids